It seems that non-trivial attempts to promote an action movie like releasing a multi-hour demo with the ability to transfer saves have paid off – the game has attracted a lot of attention. At least on the PC. Maintaining a common online presence between all platforms also probably helped at the start.
For comparison, the peak online free demo of Outriders on Steam was 55 thousand people. Also, the game was probably helped by the almost complete absence of competitors – there is not even much to remember from the major releases. A month later, on April 30, maybe it will be released Returnal…
It is noteworthy that Outriders easily bypassed peak online “Avengers“- another action movie Square Enix, on which the publisher relied heavily. He gathered 31 thousand people on release, and a month later lost 90% of the audience. The release of updates did not really help the situation.
We can only congratulate the publisher and developers of Outriders on a successful launch.
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