Yep. They could have worked on that online portion and possibly be on their way to become half as big as GTA. Maybe with the next one in 10 years.
It will definitely go there when it comes to brand recognition, sales etc.
I mean, there's this push with all the new promo material (NC stories on YouTube), the highly received Expansion , Edgerunners anime, all the new features /fixes etc...it's obvious that they're going all in , it's just crazy - and this comes from someone that just "jumped in" (again).
First time was on an XSX with the release of the 1.5 patch, didn't really click with me since I felt that I was mostly "on rails" if that makes sense and dropped it after 15 hours.
Enter late September of 2023 and...I bought it again due to the 2.0 patch hype on the PS5 and man, maybe it's just me but this feels like a whole new game dammit, I just love losing myself in this world, doing side quest, riding bikes etc...already put 50 hours in it and I'm enjoying it immesenly, can't wait to finish it and jump into Phantom Liberty.
Really nice game, shame that it released in that state, anyway...