After a promising start, the number of players has decreased.
XDefiant that’s one of the reasons he downsized Ubisoft the amount of expected financial results for the second quarter of the financial year. The head of the company stated this during a conversation with investors. Yves Guillemot– noted Insider Gaming magazine.
“This primarily reflects lower-than-expected sales of Star Wars: Outlaws.” We also fell short of expectations with XDefiant, which we will tell you about in more detail at the end of October,” Guillemot explained, “to a much lesser extent.” [než Star Wars Outlaws] And while the impact was limited, lower expectations for XDefiant were also reflected.”
This is a big difference over time since release. At the time, a director at Ubisoft had this to say about the game: “The game is off to an encouraging start, we continue to see strong user growth and plan for regular quarterly content delivery that will allow us to build the game over time. “
We reported on XDefiant issues a few weeks ago. They are believed to be so severe that Ubisoft is considering ceasing active support. According to journalist Tom Henderson, daily player numbers fell below 200,000 in August. In September, the game reported a 40% increase, helped by rejoin rewards. But this does not appear to be a long-term trend.
Developers at Los Angeles studio Ubisoft play down the severity of the problems: “We know we need to improve some things (…) but the game is going well. We just want her to do even better. And we will do this by responding to comments from our community, as we have always planned.”
Source : Zing
