Ubisoft's XDefiant Officially Launched with Impressive Player Numbers

TapTechNews May 25th news, Ubisoft's free multiplayer FPS game XDefiant has officially launched on May 22nd, and players on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S|X, and PC (Ubisoft Store) platforms can all participate in the competition.

InsiderGaming stated that XDefiant attracted 1 million independent players within 2.5 hours after its launch, meaning it became Ubisoft's fastest game to break through 1 million independent players in history.

In addition, sources said that there were 500,000 concurrent players on the day of the launch of XDefiant, but many players have been queuing due to server issues, and these problems were resolved about 8 to 10 hours after the game launched.

Of course, the number of players has also been in a growing state. As of the time of writing, XDefiant has more than 3 million independent players and about 300,000 concurrent players on all platforms.

For reference, Apex Legends achieved the 1-million-independent-players milestone in about 8 hours after its launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, and accumulated 2.5 million players within 24 hours.

Of course, this is after all a free game, and its success depends in part on the number of players, but more on how many passes and accessories it can sell in the game.

TomHenderson pointed out that compared with other similar games in the market, the pass of XDefiant is more cost-effective, but the price of the in-game accessories is a bit high, which is also a statement that most players agree with.

Currently, the preseason of XDefiant has started and is expected to last for 6 weeks. There are 5 factions, 14 maps, 5 modes, 24 weapons, and 44 attachments in the preseason. TapTechNews note: After the preseason is completed, it will enter the normal season. Each normal season is 3 months, and new weapons, maps, events, and factions will be launched in each season. In the first year of the game, 4 new factions, 12 new weapons, and 12 new maps will be launched.

According to the roadmap announced by Ubisoft, XDefiant will introduce ranked and custom modes this year, and will also launch new arenas and progress modes, a rookie welcome list, a practice area, and will bring continuous anti-cheat improvements. In addition, the game will also include four seasons this year, each season will have three new weapons, three new maps, 90 battle pass levels, and a new faction. The four new factions added in the first year are codenamed Ruby, Buzz, Orchard, and Horde.