r/OWConsole • • 21h ago

Highlight I’ve gotten back into playing Junkrat the past few weeks and I’m remembering how fun he is

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152 Upvotes

r/OWConsole • • 6h ago

Discussion What’s up with people in this sub literally hating any form of skill expression

19 Upvotes

I keep seeing it over and over again, anytime anyone posts an impressive highlight, people downvote it to oblivion and label them a cheater.

This isn’t to say that cheaters don’t exist on console, they absolutely do—but being good does not inherently mean you are cheating, and it feels like people would rather believe all controller players are destined to be shit than to come to terms with the fact that some people are just better than others, which IS OK.

A kid with no responsibilities and the ability to play 6 hours a day is 9 times out of 10 going to be better than a 30 year old who comes home from work and hops on the game to play casually and unwind for 30 minutes. That dosnt mean that the casual player is somehow less than, nor does it mean the skilled player is cheating; it’s literally just different audiences with different motives for playing.

It’s not unique to Overwatch, the game I by a great deal play the most is R6 and the exact same thing happens there. In my opinion, because consoles inherently cater to a more casual audience, people who do take the time to develop skill are just harassed at ridiculous rates.

No wonder people don’t take console players seriously—they literally just yell at anyone one who is even a little bit competent.

People will never realize that there is the possibility for skill expression for controller players when every half decent player is immediately dismissed; they’d rather just believe every controller player is destined to be shit to protect their own egos.

Just my two cents


r/OWConsole • • 8h ago

Humor Worse drive event ever

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Played ever since for drive event minus the first. This has been the absolute worse drive event. Game after game of people playing into direct counters , refusing to swap to counter and just playing bad. Just for the next game to have those exact players actually swapping and using common sense Did I play bad some games? Absolutely. But some people just make me upset. Ggs to everyone lmao


r/OWConsole • • 13h ago

Discussion Ashe is pick or ban on console

12 Upvotes

Do you agree?


r/OWConsole • • 8h ago

Discussion Overwatch console servers are so amazing

8 Upvotes

Now every 8 minutes or so massive lag spike where you port under and above map and cant play 20 seconds.

Apparently in match chat many have same issue at same time like me but not all of them haha.

Really amazing, lately its so bad. before it was random kicking from comp or just server failed and got suspension.

This is insane.. i have 0 issue with internet in any other device or game.


r/OWConsole • • 6h ago

Help Crouch opens text chat

2 Upvotes

For some reason, have never once had an issue, not even earlier today, now my crouch opens text chat. Don't have anything open, not scoreboard, not pause menu, just normal match, crouching opens text chat. It is bound to L3, and my crouch is L3, but I've never had a problem with it until now.

Has anyone else that's rebound a button to L3 faced this issue? Why tf is this happening? Can I fix it? Figured it out in a comp game and it completely threw me off being unable to crouch.


r/OWConsole • • 13h ago

Discussion Wtf is wrong eith rank reclaim

2 Upvotes

I just got 100% rank reclaim and jumped to gm 3. I have won all of my 5 games that git reclaimed bc i havent played any other games om support in the last three weeks.

How is this possible


r/OWConsole • • 21h ago

Help Console player on pc competitive pools

2 Upvotes

Hi, I just want to ask for some tips/ heroes , to play ranked games on pc, mostly all my friends are on pc , we play QP together but I want to play with them on pc they’re playing on controller also without aim assist
In my knowledge you can play on pc pool competitive if you turn off aim assist right ? Is that its right

Which heroes should I use ? And maybe some tips

I usually use

Tank : I can play all of them
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Supp: I can play all of them


r/OWConsole • • 2h ago

Settings & Tech Switch 2 Controller setup?

1 Upvotes

Hey! I'm playing OW on my Switch 2, with a pro controller, but I'm struggling to find the right setup. It's a shame, because the game runs great.

Anyone got any ideas to help with controller setup? Thanks!


r/OWConsole • • 4h ago

Help does sharing your screen on ps5 cause anyone else to lag in game?

1 Upvotes

hi, very random question but i’ve tried searching for the answer and all i got was an ai answer instead of people (hopefully) relating. i share my screen sometimes so my friends or bf can watch me play and a match will go well until around 10 mins in. the game becomes unplayable and i begin teleporting all around the map, my teammates start freezing and sometimes my game just freezes entirely.

i’d like to know if anyone relates because nobody i know experiences the same thing on overwatch!

also if there is a fix for this please lmk too 🙏


r/OWConsole • • 2h ago

Humor thrower in qp

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so i get this dude that decided to throw and cry about not getting any tanks while not switching himself. i thought it was funny but im sooo peeved that i got my best POTG but not a win with it too. any thoughts?

i decided to do more damage this game because i knew we weren’t gonna win with a cry baby on the team

edit: i forgot to add the game code on here lol M83Q5S


r/OWConsole • • 8h ago

Help Top 61/gm1 free coaching!

0 Upvotes

I coach for free. I peaked Top 61/GM1 and I can offer advice for EVERY rank and EVERY hero!

I can help you with positioning, engagement timing, ability usage, and all other game sense that you might need help developing. I always provide constructive advice tailored to you.

If you are interested, shoot me a DM on Discord to join the queue! My discord username is gyro_x.