Bambalwa abakhalaze ukuba iOverwatch yinto yomdlalo ongaphelelanga, kwaye inyani kukuba iBethesda isungule umdlalo ngamathuba amaninzi, ngaphandle kokunye, kuba konke oku kubandakanya indlela yabadlali abaninzi eyonwabisayo. Nangona kunjalo, Ukugqwesa kwimowudi yokhuphiswano kuza kwi-PC namhlanje, ukonwabela i-PC Master Race kwaye njengesixhobo sabasebenzisi be-console, kwaye inguqulelo yemowudi yokhuphiswano yePlayStation 4 kunye neXbox One iya kulibaziseka okungenani unyaka omnye. Omnye unyaka apho abasebenzisi be-PC kuphela, eyona nto iphambili kuBethesda, baya kuba nakho ukuyonwabela.
Siyakhumbula ukuba iBethesda ibikunye nemowudi ye-beta yokhuphiswano ukusukela ngoMeyi ophelileyo, oko kukuthi, phantse kube ziinyanga ezimbini kulungiselelwa. Nangona bekulindelwe ukuba ibizakuba nge-18 ka-Agasti kulo nyaka xa le nguqulelo yokhuphiswano iza kusungulwaBanemisebenzi, kuba sele ikhona. Benze uthotho lotshintsho kwinkqubo, kunye nezohlwayo zabasebenzisi abashiya imidlalo ngaphambi kokuba bayigqibe, ukuqinisekisa ukuba imo yokhuphiswano ikhululiwe kwezi ntlobo zabadlali abaziwa ngokuba "ngabantwana beempuku", abakhuphisana kuphela xa ukuphumelela, kwaye bayalonakalisa uluntu lwawo nawuphi na umdlalo ukuba babeka ingqondo kuwo.
I-PlayStation 4 kunye ne-Xbox One abasebenzisi kuya kufuneka bahlale belindileI-Bethesda ayinikanga umhla opheleleyo, bathethile nje ukuba bayakuqinisekisa ukubakho kwayo kuwo onke amaqonga malunga nonyaka. Inyani yile yokuba kube sisibetho esinzima nakowuphi na umdlali weconsole ochithe imali kulo mdlalo. NgokukaJeff Kaplan, imo yokhuphiswano ayikafezeki okwangoku, kodwa iya kugqitywa ngokuhamba kwexesha ukuyenza ilunge ngokwenene, ekuphakameni kwale nkampani yomdlalo wevidiyo.