Despite its rocky start, XDefiant managed to break Ubisoft’s record for the highest amount of unique players at launch.
Launching a new FPS title like XDefiant in a market dominated by Call of Duty is a significant challenge. Success largely hinges on the gameplay quality, the stability of the servers, and an effective anti-cheat system.
Despite major server issues at launch on May 21, XDefiant managed to break Ubisoft’s record for the highest number of unique players shortly after release, reaching one million players within two and a half hours, as reported by Insider Gaming.
At its peak, the game had half a million concurrent players on launch day, though server problems left many waiting on the main menu to get a taste of the game. Eventually, the dev team managed to solve this issue a few hours later, which allowed most FPS fans to jump into the free-to-play title.