Virgil, design director for ARC Raiders, writes: "Previously, the question of how we will handle resets or wipes has come up. Until now, the answer has been that “currently we do not intend to do mandatory wipes.” These words were chosen carefully, as we don’t intend to have mandatory wipes. However, as some have guessed, we do have a voluntary reset mechanic.
Just to make it clear, we absolutely see the benefits a global wipe provides. Veteran players can experience the game fresh, the economy is reset to the baseline, and all players have about the same level of capabilities. At least for a little while."
ARC Raiders has lost approximately 80% of its Steam concurrent player base since its peak earlier in the year.
I remember when it launched “it’s blowing away call of duty” said gamers with disdain for the old fps staple.
And I said “give it time and let’s see”.
We’ve now had time.
Not establishing an opinion here, just a realist that knows a good launch doesn’t necessarily equal success and longevity. Love or hate call of duty (pretty burned out on it personally) but it’s a staple now - like butter on toast or cheese on pizza. It’s the “coca cola” of video games because even non gamers know about it. That’s pretty hard to topple and takes exponentially more work and luck that COD just doesn’t have to do now (for good or bad).
I wish arc much success tho
There's more people playing Arc Raiders (80K) right now... most popular CoD (BO7) has 38K.
Steam 24 hour peak (as of my checking right now):
ARK Raiders: 116,000
Helldivers 2: 45,000
CoD: 49,000
Incidentally all of these games have started from similar peaks of 450-500k, but ARK Raiders is the newest so unsurprising that it's not as far along the downward slope as Helldivers 2 or CoD.
We can't really accurately gauge whether or not that's true because only Steam gives accurate player data, but sure, CoD has always primarily been a console game so it's fair to assume the majority still buy it on either Xbox or PlayStation. However, "Call of Duty" on Steam encompasses loads of different titles into the one launcher including BO7, BO6, Warzone, MW3, MW2 and more and still doesn't have half the player count ARC Raiders does. No matter which way you skin it ARC Raiders is still doing pretty good against CoD and almost certainly currently has more players than any given title, and quite likely more than all of them.
Your argument would have been valid if Arc Raider player base had fallen below CoD but it is still higher than CoD so what point are you trying to make by comparing both?
Oof, too late to delete or edit now 🤣, and you're at the top of the comments, how embarrassing 🤭
do you want a medal for predicting that a live service game loses players after its launch?
you can say that about any game. Give it time. People have a tendency to flock to the latest and greatest, get their fill then move along. There are exceptions, but that is generally the case with almost anything; even none gaming related. Virtually no game will retain peak player count indefinitely.
people are so obsessed with player counts, my god!
Call of Duty only has 7% of their peak. So what.
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ARC Raiders' design director Virgil Watkins sits down with Pocket Tactics to chat PvE as Embark Studios prepares for the new Flashpoint update.
