XDefieant Joins Games to Break 1 Million Users
According to a report on Insider Gaming, Ubisoft’s newly launched XDefiant has established a new record in becoming the fastest game to reach 1 million registered users. The post stated that “Ubisoft’s free-to-play title XDefiant achieved 1 million unique players within two and a half hours of its launch.”
The feat would make XDefiant the seventh game to have landed similar records after launching. According to a Reddit thread, there were six other games, with the most recent being Palworld.
“Palworld becomes the 6th Steam game to hit 1 million concurrent players since the Steam system’s inception in 2003; its 47-hour sprint to 1M makes it the 2nd speediest game to hit 1M, behind Cyberpunk 2077’s 160-minute record in late 2020.“
A similar report on Games Radar provides the full list of the other games reaching 1 million users within hours after launch. These are
- Cyberpunk 2077,
- Palworld
- Dota 2,
- MMO Lost Ark,
- Counter-Strike 2, and
- PUBG: Battlegrounds.
A simmering question would be where does XDefiant fit into the list? Did it just break all previous records and is heading the list? According to the unconfirmed time report, Ubisoft’s new game crossed the 1 million mark within two and a half hours or 150 minutes.
Notably, the current record holder is Cyberpunk 2077 with 160 minutes. This would make XDefiant the new leader of the pack of 7. In addition, the game stole the show within 48 hours with over 3 million unique players
Another interesting comparison by Insider Gaming may help us better understand the feat’s extent. The post highlighted that “It’s difficult to gauge just how successful that makes XDefiant, but for context, Respawn Entertainment’s hugely popular Apex Legends, which was released in 2019 on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, amassed 1 million unique players in eight hours and 2.5 million within 24 hours.”
Furthermore, the game is still young, and there are many more records to challenge. PUGB, Palworld, and Cyberpunk have established high bars, and crossing them will be a challenge.