XDefiant gets 300,000 concurrent players in 3 days. Do you think it is massive?

[Henrywrites]

Well, Ubisoft has finally released XDEFIANT, a free to play shooter first announced nearly three years ago. The game now have 3 million players and has climbed to be the No. 1 game talked on Ubisoft. Have you played this game and how can rate it?

 

[Demon_skeith]

People love shooters and they are just flocking to it for now. It will drop off before long.

 

[Progrumz]

This game was extremely hyped, so it'll be interesting to see if it meets everyone's expectations or not. The same thing happened with other games, and like @Demon_skeith said, they usually dropped off relatively quickly.

 

[Shortie]

This is great to see such a high number after the game's release. I played a game the other day on my PC as it's not available on my Xbox and I enjoyed the game I played.

I heard there will be a prestige mode coming to XDefiant, many miss that in the Call of Duty games so this could be something that keeps players around on XDefiant, that and it's also a free-to-play game.

 

[Henrywrites]

This game was extremely hyped, so it'll be interesting to see if it meets everyone's expectations or not. The same thing happened with other games, and like @Demon_skeith said, they usually dropped off relatively quickly.

The marketing team was so good. Let's see how it is going to be in the next couple of weeks with players sending in their reviews of the game.

 

[cpvr]

The marketing team was so good. Let's see how it is going to be in the next couple of weeks with players sending in their reviews of the game.

XDefiant has managed to attract 11 million players and is, so far, Ubisoft’s fastest game to reach a million unique players.

 

[zoldos]

It's a decent game. But it's no COD by a long shot.

 

[cpvr]

EXCLUSIVE – Ubisoft’s XDefiant Will be Shutting Down in June 2025​

Several sources have revealed that Ubisoft will be shutting down XDefiant in June 2025.

The news was mentioned in an internal all-hands meeting today. The decision was made due to poor player numbers and a lack of player spending, according to sources familiar with the decision to sunset the game.

It’s understood that layoffs will impact a significant number of employees at the San Francisco studio and supporting studios, with some staff already receiving severance information. Another wave of layoffs will happen in February, with Ubisoft San Francisco and Osaka closing its doors. Around 170-180 people are understood to be losing their jobs.

Season 3 will be the last entire season of XDefiant, with a skeleton crew maintaining the title until June 2025. According to those familiar with the situation, Ubisoft will be updating XDefiant players on refunds for cosmetic items and other purchases at a later date.



Source: EXCLUSIVE - Ubisoft's XDefiant Will be Shutting Down in June 2025

 

[Priom]

EXCLUSIVE – Ubisoft’s XDefiant Will be Shutting Down in June 2025​

Several sources have revealed that Ubisoft will be shutting down XDefiant in June 2025.

The news was mentioned in an internal all-hands meeting today. The decision was made due to poor player numbers and a lack of player spending, according to sources familiar with the decision to sunset the game.

It’s understood that layoffs will impact a significant number of employees at the San Francisco studio and supporting studios, with some staff already receiving severance information. Another wave of layoffs will happen in February, with Ubisoft San Francisco and Osaka closing its doors. Around 170-180 people are understood to be losing their jobs.

Season 3 will be the last entire season of XDefiant, with a skeleton crew maintaining the title until June 2025. According to those familiar with the situation, Ubisoft will be updating XDefiant players on refunds for cosmetic items and other purchases at a later date.



Source: EXCLUSIVE - Ubisoft's XDefiant Will be Shutting Down in June 2025

I did not know this game existed until today when it got cancelled.