彭博社：《守望先鋒 2》陷入困境

《守望先鋒2》這款射擊遊戲的開發團隊已數次調整了當初的開發策略。本週，暴雪官方宣佈了一系列重大的最新變動，其中包括取消英雄的付費解鎖機制。

知名遊戲媒體人傑森·施萊爾（彭博社）撰文指出，《守望先鋒2》的這些變革背後並非形勢一片大好。他在文中直言：“《守望先鋒》目前處境堪憂”，並分享了一些核心觀點：

1. 開發團隊遭受薪酬打擊。在暴雪公司，員工的部分年度薪酬取決於旗下游戲（如系列作品）的市場表現，通常會在每年三月和八月發放與業績掛鉤的獎金。今年三月，《守望先鋒》因表現慘淡，致使相關開發團隊未能拿到這筆獎金，而同期《暗黑破壞神》、《魔獸世界》等遊戲團隊卻依然獲得了獎金支付。

2. 遊戲貨幣化困難重重。不同於原版需要購買的《守望先鋒》，《守望先鋒2》採用免費遊玩模式，原本打算依靠銷售皮膚、戰鬥通行證和額外內容實現盈利。但根據彭博社的資料，玩家對這款遊戲的付費意願並不強烈，這直接導致了該遊戲的商業表現遠未達到預期。

3. 徹底告別PvE玩法。《守望先鋒2》最初曾承諾打造一個完整的故事戰役模式，但在去年八月份，開發團隊決定捨棄這一方向，轉而聚焦PvE任務設計。首個包含三個任務的PvE任務包在去年八月以15美元的價格出售，但第二套任務包則延至2024年纔有望上線。傑森·施萊爾在文章中披露，PvE模式已被徹底擱置。首款任務包銷量慘淡，進而引發了負責該部分內容的大部分團隊成員被裁員。

彭博社的這篇報道特別提到，面對當前局勢，暴雪公司意圖在今年加大對《守望先鋒》核心競技模式的開發力度，以求突破困境。

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