Considering it was near impossible to unlock the new heroes outside of paying for passes, yes it was.World cup wildcards started. Chat is pissed! Took the mods awhile to get it slowed down.
People act like overwatch 2 cost 50 dollars or something?
Lol.
You're overthinking it.
There were never any real plans for PvE - Overwatch was a dead game in Blizzards eyes, and OW2 was the easiest way to "revive" it, IE get the microtransactions flowing again.