The name being mentioned in this story is The First Descendant – a game that made a huge splash on Steam when it was first released.
At that time, Nexon's third-person shooter game had reached more than 230,000 players at the same time – an extremely impressive number. Because of that, this blockbuster then received countless expectations for a boom in the world gaming industry in 2024.
Indeed, after that milestone, The First Descendant also had moments of “slight” sublimation. Typically, its highest number of players at the same time was recorded at 264,860 people. But that honeymoon didn't last long. The current reality is quite grim for this game when the average number of weekly players is only about 17,000 people and the number of gamers logged in in the past 24 hours is only around 30,000 people at the same time.
These stats are not bad, but are alarming when compared to The First Descendant when the game was first released.
This proves that after launch, updated versions as well as the release of Season 1 of the game did not really prove their effectiveness. More importantly, it is the competition between games of the same genre. For example, the case of Once Human. Launched at the same time as The First Descendant, but while Nexon's beloved product declined sharply, the game itself maintained the necessary stability. Once Human's highest level of players at one time was about 230,000, but currently, this game is still maintaining a high number of players, around 70,000 per day.
Without the necessary changes, The First Descendant falling behind its competitors is an unavoidable prospect. Hopefully Nexon's blockbuster will soon have attractive updates and expansions in the future. After all, The First Descendant is still a relatively quality game.