It’s pretty clear to see thatPayday 3has been a disastrous affair for the developer Starbreeze. Not only did they recently oust their CEO in order to hire someone new, in the hopes of turning around the ailing game, but the newest installment in the franchise is seeing fewer players than ever.
It’s such a stark difference between the latest game, and the best-sellingPayday 2. The second installment currently has over 85 times the number of players thanPayday 3. According to figures onSteamDB recent figuresplace the peak player count for the second game at around 31,866. While the latest title barely scraped over 350, with a figure of 378.
Payday 3 fell far short of targets for Starbreeze Studios
Payday 3has had a rocky release; between poor communication between the developer and the audience andissues with serversupon launch, it seems players went back to the experience they know and love. Of course, the above figures don’t take console players into account, but SteamDB player figures do generally give us a good view of what’s occurring for each game.
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The sentiment seems to be that the game wasn’t really needed asPayday 2was already doing everything right. The latest iteration needed to move things forward drastically and failed to do so, so why would players give up their progression and stats? Whether Starbreeze can turn things around is hard to say, but the bigger question is, will the fans even care?
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