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If something like a skin has to transfer that pretty much confirms that it's a new game. You usually don't have to transfer parts of a game to its own next revision.
Likewise the explicit mention that owners of Overwatch get Overwatch 2 for free. You would expect to get the 2.0 revision of a game for free.