Reports are coming in that Ubisoft’s latest free-to-play online multiplayer shooter XDefiant has soared to nearly 8 million unique players in its first week since launch. Not bad for a launch that was mired in issues.
According to Internal GamingXDefiant recently broke the 8 million unique player mark in its first week since launch on May 21, 2024. A “unique player” is defined here as someone who has fully downloaded the game and opened it for the first time since downloading .
Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean they actually played the game, let alone play it consistently to this day. But given that Ubisoft’s internal goal was to reach 5 million unique players in the first month after launch – 8 million in the first week is all the more impressive.
The news follows earlier reports that XDefiant even managed to hit a whopping 1 million unique players just 2.5 hours after it was first launched on May 21, 2024. This milestone makes the game the fastest Ubisoft title ever to reach such a number. Of course, 48 hours after the game launched, that number increased to an even more impressive 3 million unique players.
Ubisoft needs to address issues to maintain XDefiant’s concurrent player count
As I briefly alluded to earlier, while 8 million unique players is certainly an impressive feat – this does not always translate to 8 million concurrent players (ie players who consistently return to the game and play it almost daily or at least. weekly).
Internal Gaming reports that on Monday, May 27, 2024, XDefiant boasted a (still remarkable) concurrent player count of 700,000. And while this is not a number to scoff at, Ubisoft urgently needs to address several core issues with the game to keep this number up and growing—issues like bad network code causing successful registration problems, cheaters ruining the fun for everyone, and weapon placement. balance (like nerfing snipers) to make things fair for everyone.
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