MSI is the most recent company to have thrown its hat into the burgeoning PC handheld gaming market, with the MSI Claw being revealed and receiving plenty of information this year. But now we’ve finally got an official release date for the handheld.
Payday 3 Sales and Engagement 'Significantly Lower' Than Dev Wants
15.02.2024 - 14:15 / ign.com / Ryan Dinsdale / Tobias Sjögren
Payday 3 developer Starbreeze Entertainment has admitted the heist shooter is performing "significantly lower" than it would like in both sales and player engagement.
As reported by Game Developer, Starbreeze admitted to the struggle in its latest financial earnings. "Payday 3’s sales and player activity are currently at significantly lower levels than we would like," it said. Improving Payday 3 will be its "biggest focus and absolutely priority" going forward as it attempts to "ensure that that the game lives up to expectations".
Starbreeze appeared hopeful about the future, however. "There are many examples from the game industry, where a problematic initial time on the market is turned into long-term success," it said.
"There is no simple recipe available, but a common thread from the positive examples is to take players’ criticism to heart, dare to support your game, and keeping an open and honest dialogue with your stakeholders. That is exactly what we are now doing with Payday 3."
Payday 3's launch was plagued with server issues that forced Starbreeze CEO Tobias Sjögren to apologise. "We are so sorry that the infrastructure didn't hold up as expected, and although it's impossible to prepare for every scenario — we should be able to do better," he said.
Almost a month after its launch and Starbreeze apologised again for its lack of communication, and then just a week later said sorry one more time for not delivering a promised patch and again going quiet. It said in January 2024 it was "well aware" fans weren't satisfied.
Starbreeze boasted Payday 3 had 3.1 million players as of October 2, but this number has dwindled, at least on Steam, as many more players are currently playing Payday 2 than its sequel. According to SteamDB, Payday 3 has a 24-hour peak of just 302 compared to Payday 2's 29,785, despite the latter launching over a decade ago.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.
The website gametalkz.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
Top Authors
Popular Topics
ign.com
05.03.2024 / 15:55
Dune: Awakening Devs 'Sort of Sidestep Religion'
Developers at Funcom, the studio behind upcoming massively multiplayer online game Dune: Awakening, "sort of sidestep religion" in their take on the beloved science fiction universe.
polygon.com
01.03.2024 / 18:25
ConcernedApe on Stardew Valley’s 1.6 patch: ‘There’s a lot more of the update than people think’
It’s fair to say there haven’t been too many Broadway performances with a raucous applause break for the mention of a forthcoming video game patch. And yet, The Town Hall, a 103-year-old music venue in midtown Manhattan, erupted last night at composer Eric Barone’s mention of “the 1.6 update.”
wccftech.com
27.02.2024 / 18:07
WWE 2K24 Season Pass to Add CM Punk, Jade Cargill, and… Post Malone?
WWE 2K24 will be launching with over 200 names, but, as usual, the game will also have a season pass that adds a number of additional superstars to the roster. The season pass will include some major recent additions to the WWE roster, including CM Punk, Jade Cargill, Nia Jax, and Kairi Sane, as well as some legends including Diamond Dallas Page, Lex Luger, and the Iron Sheik. Oh, and you’ll also be able to play as Post Malone, because sure, why not?
ign.com
26.02.2024 / 15:15
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Players Rise 200% Upon Skull and Bones' Release
The number of people playing Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag has risen 200% on Steam after the release of fellow Ubisoft pirate game Skull and Bones.
gamingbolt.com
23.02.2024 / 16:21
Skull and Bones Has Less Than 1 Million Players – Rumor
While Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League falls short of WB Games’ expectations, Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones isn’t doing much better. Sources speaking to Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson report that it had around 850,000 players.
ign.com
23.02.2024 / 15:02
Nightingale Studio 'Prioritising' Development of Offline Mode
Steam survival crafting game Nightingale is getting an offline mode "as soon as is feasible", with developer Inflexion Games deeming it a priority.
gamesradar.com
22.02.2024 / 14:09
Pennywise actor Bill Skarsgard sets horror movie return as The Crow reboot gets release date – and it's sooner than you think
Lionsgate's upcoming reboot of The Crow has finally landed on a release date – and it's much closer than we'd anticipated.
ign.com
21.02.2024 / 11:59
Tales of Arise Sells 3 Million Units
Fantasy role playing game Tales of Arise has sold three million copies ahead of arriving on the PlayStation Plus Games Catalog and Xbox Game Pass.
gamesradar.com
19.02.2024 / 16:46
Persona 3 Reload finally gets Portable's beloved and missing female protagonist thanks to some very dedicated modders
Persona 3 Reload players have resurrected Portable's beloved female protagonist via a new mod.
pcgamesinsider.biz
19.02.2024 / 11:11
Payday 3 has underperformed for Starbreeze
Swedish games firm Starbreeze has said that Payday 3 has not met its expectations.
gamesradar.com
16.02.2024 / 19:29
Respawn's Star Wars FPS is reportedly a Mandalorian game, and it sounds like everything I wanted from Titanfall 3 and then some
New reports are emerging about the Star Wars FPS in development at Titanfall and Apex Legends studio Respawn, and if even a single word of these rumors is true it sounds like an absolute dream game for me.