Physical Copies of Overwatch to Go on Sale a Day Earlier Than Release

Super interested in Overwatch? So excited that you couldn't get enough of the beta? Having withdrawal symptoms? Wanting the physical copy of Overwatch over the digital copy? If you replied yes, then you should be happy to know that there is an advantage to purchasing a physical copy over the digital copy: the physical copy will ship a day earlier than the 24th of the May, which is the 23rd.
 
This is according to e-mails that informed customers of the date change from retailers such as Best Buy and Amazon. At first people were skeptical, as it could've been a mistake, but at the same time, if many retailers have sent out these e-mails, why would it be a mistake?

So it turns out that Blizzard confirmed the change with GameSpot:
 

"We would like for all of the players to be ready to dive straight into the action when the servers go live, so retailers are going to begin selling the game when their stores open on May 23rd."

This is good news, because, in this case, everyone will be ready to play when midnight rolls around. This just provides physical owners with the opportunity to receive and install their game rather than wait half the day on release.

Then again, it probably wouldn't matter if you have work, but at least you can play directly at midnight before you head to bed, right? Still, this move will level the playing field, because in a competitive game like this, digital owners who have several extra hours to play ahead of physical owners (typically) might be able to stomp all over the physical owners.
 
Until that day comes, here's another animated short from Blizzard that released just recently: