{"id":664870,"date":"2026-04-02T22:05:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/overwatch-2-expensive-skins"},"modified":"2026-04-02T22:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:05:14","slug":"overwatch-2-could-have-45-skins-or-instead-you-could-use-that-money-for-anything-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/overwatch-2-could-have-45-skins-or-instead-you-could-use-that-money-for-anything-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch 2 could have $45 skins, or instead you could use that money for anything else"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/overwatch-2-could-have-45-skins-or-instead-you-could-use-that-money-for-anything-else.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>A recently spotted <strong>Overwatch 2<\/strong> survey sure seems to be implying that a single skin could cost as much as $45.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamesn.com\/overwatch-2\/skins-microtransactions\">PCGamesN<\/a>, Twitter user Porterguage <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Portergauge\/status\/1553204606997446656\">recently shared a survey<\/a> a friend of theirs received that asked about potential prices for skins in the upcoming Overwatch sort-of-sequel. The survey seems to be asking fairly simple questions that are mostly along the lines of &#8216;would you buy this thing for this amount of money,&#8217; but it doesn&#8217;t paint a perfect picture for the sequel.<\/p>\n<p>One question asked &#8220;How likely would you be to purchase a Mythic Skin at a price of $44.99?&#8221; Considering this is essentially the cost of an entire game, that does certainly seem to be quite the price tag for one skin. The survey also asks things like the likelihood of buying a weapon charm for $9.99, or a Legendary Skin at $24.99.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/overwatch-2-expensive-skins\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/overwatch-2-expensive-skins\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recently spotted Overwatch 2 survey sure seems to be implying that a single skin could cost as much as $45. As reported by PCGamesN, Twitter user Porterguage recently shared a survey a friend of theirs received that asked about potential prices for skins in the upcoming Overwatch sort-of-sequel. The survey seems to be asking fairly simple questions that are mostly along the lines of &#8216;would you buy this thing for this amount of money,&#8217; but it doesn&#8217;t paint a perfect picture for the sequel. One question asked &#8220;How likely would you be to purchase a Mythic Skin at a price of $44.99?&#8221; Considering this is essentially the cost of an entire game, that does certainly seem to be quite the price tag for one&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/overwatch-2-could-have-45-skins-or-instead-you-could-use-that-money-for-anything-else\/\">Read 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