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During yesterday's EA investors' call, the company revealed that Apex Legends is its fastest growing new game ever. In addition, EA stated that 30% of the game's players are new to EA and that it is "working aggressively to bring the game to more players in more markets and platforms around the world". Those plans include release in China and for mobile devices.
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mmorpg junkie since 1999
This will inevitably lead to lower player retention.
If the lack of crunch culture is accurate, I'd both give them some slack and prefer their games.
On the other hand, they postponed Titanfall 3 indefinitely to better support Apex.
I'd rather pay for the game and earn cosmetics vs FTP with loot box sass. I'm about ready to quit. Playing less and less every day.
Aloha Mr Hand !
I enjoy Apex Legends a lot, it's probably my favorite BR game. But I cannot play due to crashing. I ended up uninstalling as I crashed when I was mid burst on the last player in the game and about to win.
They will not ever be able to retain as many players as Fortnite, but it will definitely be around for a long period of time as long as they keep updating the game. Also making sure you get the Chinese market is a smart move, especially on mobile. It will provide insane income for them.
It's also one of EAs few new F2P games that aren't browser-level games, so the player growth isn't as impressive as EA wants it to sound, evidenced by its slide in Twitch popularity since launching.