XDefiant <\/em>boss Mark Rubin has today boldly proclaimed his Ubisoft shooter game is “absolutely not dying,” which sounds a whole lot like what you’d hear if the game was dying.<\/p>
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Rubin continued, saying that although XDefiant<\/a><\/em> is okay, he and Ubisoft \u201cjust want it to do better.\u201d The team behind the game seems to have plenty of work ahead, as the response has been quite mixed overall. There are plenty of fans who are reasonably hyped<\/a> to see one of their favorite recent titles<\/a> receiving the support it needs. Others, not so much.<\/p>
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XDefiant <\/em>faces a major problem with its current playerbase, or suggested lack thereof<\/a>. Some gamers would prefer<\/a> the title to show up on Steam while others think the current rate of content updates is far too slow<\/a>. Fans aren\u2019t particularly interested<\/a> in event challenges if they\u2019re not frequent, looking forward to the daily rewards and prestige slated for season three instead. This is why some fans just think the game won\u2019t make it<\/a>. Prestige has been a valuable form of in-game progression to first-person-shooter players for a long time, and to many, not having it in the early release and then also lacking much of a replacement just kills the desire to engage<\/a>.<\/p>
Another big reason fans appear to be unsure about the game\u2019s health is gamers don\u2019t know how many people are really playing. When it launched, sources reported to Insider Gaming<\/a> that XDefiant <\/em>had achieved an exciting one million unique players. After that, it\u2019s essentially guesswork outside follow-up reports<\/a>, Rubin, and Ubisoft, who just want people to know the game isn\u2019t dead yet. Sources like PlayerAuctions<\/a> have estimated XDefiant<\/em>\u2019s player count using an \u201calgorithm based on Google Trends,\u201d which has people skeptical that it\u2019s even vageuly accurate.<\/p>
One big way XDefiant <\/em>can ensure its survival is by issuing the updates players desperately want, and sooner. If the game doesn\u2019t manage to make changes in time, fans and onlookers may just have to watch it go down in real-time. It\u2019s difficult to stay afloat when there are so many live-service titles vying for player attention. With new games bombing left and right<\/a>, players want proof the one they\u2019re interested in is going to stick around before they get invested.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
