Fortnite and mobile PUBG are third person games. Really don't see Apex working as well on phones.
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Apex Legends Hits 25 Million Players, 2 million concurrent players
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A very small minority yes but to act like. It making one hurt the game in any way is very out of touch. The timed mode model has for all intents and purposes been incredibly successful even when there were some duds.
This game just does everything right with the BR genre and fixes so much about what I dislike about PUBG/Fortnite/Blackout. I am happy for Respawn and looking forward to the future of the game.
Correct but they also started using amazon and google as well for titanfall 2. I'm assuming they are doing the same thing again. Whatever they are doing they ditched the Chicago servers after titanfall 1 which makes me sad.
https://youtu.be/o41kxJE3cuw
Lead network engineer discusses servers for titanfall 2.
And more Origin subs leads to more Origin Access sub sales, and potentially more Anthem and other game sales (offset by those who may be too busy playing Apex to want to get Anthem day one).
That's kind of what makes BR special — because it's so unlikely you'll win, you can set other personal goals.
Yeah, I enjoy Fortnite but after playing for five straight seasons I think I'll have to pick up the Apex Legends pass next month.
Fortnite and PUBG both use Unreal4, which has great support for mobile platforms.
Isn't Apex still using an offshoot of the source engine the Titanfalls used? Mobile support might take some work in that case
My manMove to the left, Epic Games.
This is what you deserve for killing Paragon.
Rise up, Apex.
Paragon for life :')
The last time i was this addicted to a game during it's initial release window was Rocket League and I'm still playing that regularly so I don't think I'll stop playing anytime soon but the fact that this is under EA's belt scares the shit out of me. They'll definitely fuck it up. You can count on it.
1) The Respawn bosses have a long history of telling their overlords to fuck off, going back almost 20 years.
2) It's not built on Frostbite, which makes it harder for EA to offer development assistance.
Pubg is certainly better at this point. While pubg might be buggy and slow to get content, blackout has received one addition to its map SINCE launch. RIght now pubg has 4 maps, with new weapons and vehicles on all of them. And lets also not ignore blackouts own buggy problems and the audio which is still the worst of any br game out right now, especially compared to pubg's audio ques which are probably the best of the bunch.
I've heard about how much Respawn fought for control on this game which gives me some hope. I hope this teaches the industry a fucking lesson. Do right by gamers and you've got a much better chance of blowing up. Make a good game above all else, and don't try and force them to buy shit with pay to win. We'll see but there is definitely some optimism to be had.
Well duh, most BRs following the Fortnite recipe jam packed with cosmetic loot boxes will generate absurd amounts of money.
It shouldn't be surprising people are sketch about EA. Their treatment of multiple studios over the years is just downright shitty tbh.
PUBGs been out since March of 2017. Of course it's gonna have more content. Blackout came out 5 months ago and Treyarch can't just solely work on it since they have Zombies and Multiplayer to work on as well.
Blackout has problems, of course, but I still think the core gameplay loop and overall map design rivals PUBG, Apex & Fortnite. Just my opinion
a question i have had since i noticed this: what does this actually mean, typically?
people talk about games that are fads and drop off the face of the world eventually, but has that happened before for a game that consistently held the number one slot by this big a margin? Especially a game that just came out and has relatively little content, esp compared to fortnite
EDIT: basically I'm asking at what point do dominating streaming numbers stop requiring qualification
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PUBG was the single worst piece of software I ran on a computing device in 15 years, I found the building in fortnite in general to just be completely asinine and unfun. This however, has been massively fun and runs great on my old PC and the PS4.
I forgot today was a sponsored day, like at least last weeks launch day. Generally the streamers are going to stream the games which earn them the most viewers and money, so it's some barometer on gamer interest levels, especially with MP where crowds tend to follow as friends bring in friends. I think in 3-4 weeks it'll tell us a lot if the numbers are similar, or if say Apex is at 50K and the major streamers are back to Fortnite, i.e. whether it's genuinely a serious competitor for 2019 (and beyond) or just a fad.
