I'd rather call it a lazy gamer grab. Because it prays on peoples will power. Seriously. Overwatch is just TF2 flopped. TF2 = The games free, but you can buy the optional gear to support it. Overwatch = The game is pay, but the games updates will be free. And, TF2 is even a smaller game than Overwatch. Ofcourse that should be free. I got bored with jsut 5 characters. Also, Overwatch's money goes towards the CGI animations, the characters backstories, and comics. Granted these should be avalible from the games menu. Which I bet they will eventually add in. But that's extra work too. Do any of the TF2 characters have names?

Overwatch had brilliant trailers, that hinted towards a fully fleshed out story, but there isn't any.
Overwatch had characters that were well... Full of character, but in the game there really isn't any back story to them.
Overwatch hinted towards a Good vs Evil premise in it's trailers... But, that isn't a thing either.

And other than the opening trailer, the CGI is basically non-existent in the game?

The Team Fortress 2 characters don't really have names, they are just named things like "Pyro, Scout, Demoman" etc'. Although Characters like "Soldier" are referred to as "Mister Jane Doe".
With that said Team Fortress 2 has more content, over a dozen different game modes and 100 maps... With hundreds of more community made maps. All free.

You're forgetting how long TF2 has been out. Don't compare the maps.

Should be 20 bucks

Team Fortress is probably Overwatch's most successfull competitor, it should have been the goal to beat considering it also played a big role in Overwatch's development.

If they weren't going to implement a full campaign and a fully fleshed out multiplayer, then they should have added more maps.
Besides, even if Team Fortress 2 is fairly old, it was also free.

Keep in mind that Overwatch has ZERO story, has ZERO single player and does not even have a multiplayer component that is as fleshed out as other big Multiplayer games like Halo 5, Call of Duty and other FPS Mobas. And yet they still ask a full retail price for it? Please. Even worst when people support such a practice.
Thankfully Blizzard has a good history of listening to constructive criticism and working to resolve things.

splatoon was 40 bucks released with singeplayer campaign, local splitscreen and no microtransactions, so hell yes.

It also wasn't free for 4 years. See the thing is. Overwatch does have a internal story. That the creators made up, for each character, map etc. Certain characters have dialogs with each other. Certain maps make characters comment on them. So they do have stuff in place. Yeah, I agree. Overwatch is missing important full stuff. But, the designing phase of the game was a lot more complicated. Then what TF2 did. Being originally an addition to the Orange box. I see the game now, as a pilot episode to a show. Hopefully, once they start adding in more stuff. Will get the visual backstories. But yes. Doing it like this, is not a good idea. Because Street FIghter 5 has messed up their sales. Because of missing things.

Needs campaign.

i'll get 1000+ hours for 40 euro in overwatch
that's a steal

if you're the single player exploration guy, sure this game is not for you.
but don't act like the game is to expensive

As MANY users have pointed out, TF2 WAS NOT FUCKING FREE! HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO SAY THIS?! It has story, but they are working on getting it out there is the form of those movie clips. It doesn't need a dumbass campaign to appease the users on this site, who seem to be the only people that literally can't get past the fact that a game doesn't have campaign. The multiplayer component is better, fresher, and more fleshed out than any of those games you listed. Not only that, but for the majority of people, this game did not cost full retail price. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with the microtransactions in this game. You're ridiculous for complaining about them.