MultiVersus, the Warner Bros. IP-laden Smash-like sport does not appear to be doing so sizzling, as its participant rely is averaging within the 4 figures.
As noticed by Polygon, should you head to MultiVersus’ SteamDB, which tracks issues like what number of gamers are in-game proper now, in addition to participant peaks. Only downside for MultiVersus, is that it hasn’t had a participant rely increased than the 4 figures for the reason that center of September. At the time of writing, the sport’s 24-hour peak is presently sitting at a surprisingly low 1,223 gamers, a far cry from the 100,000 it had when the open beta launched.
Important to notice is that SteamDB solely tracks the PC model of the sport, because it makes use of information pulled from Steam, one thing it will possibly’t do for the console platforms MultiVersus can be on, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Whether MultiVersus has that a lot of a better participant rely on console than it does on PC is unimaginable to know, however total the image seems a bit of grim.
Developer Player First Games has struggled to take care of a steady tempo with the sport because it launched, and not too long ago delayed the tip date of season 2. Announced final week, season 2 has been prolonged to March 31, and checking the replies to the tweet offering this information, you may see that followers aren’t precisely joyful.
Numerous followers have specifically expressed wanting extra characters, as the latest was Marvin the Martian in November. It’s utterly comprehensible {that a} preventing sport is taking its time to launch a brand new character, because it takes numerous high quality tuning to get them proper. But for a dwell service title, an absence of frequent updates could make gamers bounce off, possibly displaying {that a} sport like this does not work as free-to-play.
