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Kiryu-chan

23 March at 15:57

No one is forcing hate on anything. Gamers are really upset with how poorly Ubisoft has handled a lot of the cultural aspects of the game.

I wouldn’t call 61k all time peak on Steam “fine” though. And if we want to include console numbers, the estimated numbers for those can be done with a little math and deduction or watching this video https://youtu.be/drYxtli0MeA?si=OlVsB25EJ-Q5KfWE

And I am well aware Ubisoft announced an apparent 2 million “players” keyword: “Players”. Not sales. I am curious as to they they refuse to speak of actual sales numbers.

I think the problem is an extremely vocal minority rush to defend games that they do not even plan on playing themselves. As a person who thoroughly enjoyed the Ezio trilogy and the OG, I personally think the series became stagnant and boring to the manner of COD. AC 3 was my last entry and lost interest after that.

Not telling people not to play the game, but I made the same points with Veilguard. I will always be against companies that are anti-consumer

UmarB

23 March at 9:42

Kinda sad to see how forced Shadows hate is especially when it seems to be doing perfectly fine. Oh well, still busy with Wilds, looking forward to picking this up later in the year, maybe when the PSSR patch drops

Kiryu-chan

21 March at 14:59

Correction again: 69 Million daily users.

Kiryu-chan

21 March at 14:59

correction: 69 Daily users (nice)

Kiryu-chan

21 March at 14:58

the gaming industry does not stand still.

In 2020 peak concurrent users on Steam was 20 million and total was 120 million. In 2025 there are currently 69 million concurrent users with a total of 132 million.

We simply cannot ignore Steam numbers anymore.

Exhibit A:
Concord
Dustborn
Unkown 9 Awakening

Lurch

21 March at 14:42

@Kiryu, those figures are above AC: Origins' max Steam player count (#3), though behind AC: Odyssey (#1). There's also no data for the Ubisoft app, where you can buy it or play it as part of the Ubisoft+ subscription service (something you couldn't do when Origins/Odyssey released). We'll need to see what the console situation is and how Ubisoft frame it at their next quarterly report.

Kiryu-chan

21 March at 14:25

Other good stuff to look forward to, cannot wait to get my hands on Ninja Gaiden II Black!

Kiryu-chan

21 March at 14:24

https://www.smashjt.com/post/massive-flop-assassin-s-creed-shadows-steamdb-player-count-crash-lands damn! I knew it was bad but not by this much! Oh well, lol

phreak

20 March at 9:43

@tea: Thx. You too. Gonna finish up some games before the new FF14 content patch next week.

Tea

20 March at 9:38

Hey guys - Elden ring preorders just went live - please be sure to book your Collector's or Seeker edition - stocks are VERY limited again

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Need For Speed Series is on Hold at EA But Will Return in New and Interesting Ways

by Community Guest Writer on 04 February, 2025

EA has confirmed that Criterion Games is currently fully engaged in Battlefield development and that the studio isn’t working on a new Need for Speed game. In fact, the company claims the Need for Speed series is on hold for the time being with no plans to bring it back until Battlefield development has wrapped up.

The news follows the launch of the new Battlefield Labs community testing program. Sign-ups when live last night for EA’s Battlefield portal where users could register for a chance to test out various features in the next Battlefield game.

The platform announcement was shared alongside a full developer deep dive video where EA showcased that four of its studios were working on Battlefield. Criterion Games is one of them. However, this is not the first time we have heard that Criterion Games shifted development to Battlefield. Back in 2023, EA announced that many of the staff at the studio were moving to the Battlefield series.

At the time, EA also released a full roadmap for Need for Speed Unbound with an additional year of content. The game was originally released back in 2022. However, the new information here is that Need for Speed is currently on hold. In a statement following the Battlefield reveal, Respawn co-founder Vince Zampella says:

“The Need for Speed team at Criterion are joining their colleagues working on Battlefield. As a company, it was important to us to take the last year to listen to our Need for Speed community and use their feedback to create content for Unbound. With an increased understanding of what our players want in a Need for Speed experience, we plan to bring the franchise back in new and interesting ways.”

Up to now, Criterion Games has been all over the place, helping other EA projects thrive. The studio was also responsible for the popular Burnout series. However, it also worked on Star Wars Battlefront II, Battlefield V, and Battlefield 2042.

Original article on GLITCHED

Written by Marco Cocomello

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