Overwatch 2 charm cheaper in real life than in-game

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Overwatch 2 has been in a very unpopular space following its release. The entire community experienced a lot of in-game bugs upon launch, and while Blizzard Entertainment did announce a free skin and numerous double XP weekends to compensate for the troublesome launch, more issues kept cropping up as the days went by.

In a recent turn of events, the game's monetization policy has come under fire. For those who are unaware, Overwatch 2 follows a free-to-play model. This means that the game itself is free, but when it comes to character skins and other cosmetics in the game, players will have to shell out a hefty amount to obtain them. Interestingly enough, a specific weapon charm that players can come across in Overwatch 2 is more expensive in-game than it is in real life.

The charm in question here is the Pachimari charm. This item is available for $5.00 in the Blizzard gear store. However, the item costs 700 coins in the game itself. There are two ways in which these coins can be earned in-game. The first method is by purchasing them with real money, and the second is by grinding the in-game challenges.

However, when it comes to challenges, players can only earn up to 60 coins a week. So technically, if someone's started grinding out these challenges since the very day the game was launched, they'd still be short by a fair amount of coins. When it comes to purchasing coins, the cheapest currency bundle offers 1000 coins priced at $10.00. There is no way in which players can purchase a smaller stack of coins in the game.

Before becoming free-to-play, the game had the concept of loot boxes, which gave players a shot at earning free skins and cosmetics within the game. Back then, if any duplicates came up, players could trade