Normally, after a game passes the third year of its life, it will be difficult to maintain its appeal.
Even famous names like Genshin Impact and PUBG have had to witness this situation. Even the same is the case with the emerging blockbuster Black Myth: Wukong. Setting countless records in sales as well as the number of players, but after more than two months, Black Myth: Wukong also witnessed a decrease of up to 80% in the number of gamers after most players had finished playing. into full content of the game.
But sometimes the gaming world suddenly witnesses special cases, and in this story it is DayZ.
Starting out as a mod of Arma 2, then “evolving” into an independent survival game, DayZ has now been more than 10 years since its launch (2013). And by some miracle, after all these years, the number of players of this blockbuster is still increasing. The proof is that recently, developer Bohemia Interactive just announced the record high number of daily players in DayZ's history, up to 501,522 after the expansion called Frostline was released.
Nearly half of those players—235,618—came from Steam, followed by 152,037 on Xbox One and 113,897 on PlayStation 4. The Frostline expansion also brought a new record for highest number of concurrent players: 78,937 on Steam , 36,000 on Xbox and 33,000 on PlayStation platforms. What's more surprising is that many people might think that the Frostline expansion is the main reason for this increase. But sadly, there are many opinions that Frostline is a failure. However, DayZ gamers love the strangeness it brings.
Frostline clearly made a splash, but even without that impact, DayZ's performance this year would be enviable.
Tuan Hung
