The developers' approach is causing discontent.
Recently, Blizzard released a major update for its online shooter and brought back the old name Overwatch. Many players wanted to check out the new features, and the project set a new record — peak concurrent player count exceeded 165 thousand users.
Meanwhile, fans of another online shooter, Marvel Rivals, are very unhappy with what is happening to their game. Ranged heroes seem too strong to players, while the developers are in no hurry to nerf them. And when nerfs do happen, they are not very significant (for example, in the February patch, Phoenix's health was reduced from 275 to 250).
Some outraged users launched a petition demanding that Zhiyong be fired.
User Plague_ Doc2349 believes that a series of wrong decisions by Zhiyong and the systematic ignoring of community requests led to players moving from Marvel Rivals to Overwatch:
He and his balance team have repeatedly demonstrated complete incompetence in creating and balancing characters. He and his balance team have stubbornly refused to listen to the community's opinion for several months. As a result, the game has reached its worst state ever, which led many players to quit it and move to Overwatch.
