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Publisher Bethesda Softworks and developer Arkane Studios Lyon announced Deathloop has topped five million players.

"5 Million Players!" reads a tweet from the official Deathloop Twitter account. "Thank you for joining us on this adventure to Blackreef. We hope you enjoyed your stay."

Deathloop first released for the PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in September 2021, followed by the Xbox Series X|S, PC via the Microsoft, and Xbox Game Pass in September 2022.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Careful wording. I wonder how much of that is Gamepass.

Still this is pretty significant for Arkane, who are usually lucky if their games sell 3 million. It's nice to see the audience building. I liked Deathloop a lot.

 

[Kupfer]

I bought it for cheap 20€ months ago, its still sealed and catching dust.

 

[adamsapple]

Congratulations. It's a decent game, not Arkane's best but a decent game nonetheless.

 

[Punished Miku]

I have it downloaded but haven't gotten to it yet. I never thought it looked great but will try it out some day.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

 

[DrFigs]

I played a few minutes of it on ps plus. awful game tbh

 

[Heisenberg007]

5 million is surprisingly low after retail sales + extremely heavy marketing by PlayStation + PS Plus + Game Pass.

I thought the game would have north of 20 million players by now, at least.

 

[Heisenberg007]

I played a few minutes of it on ps plus. awful game tbh

Same. I think I played for like 45-50 minutes and dropped it.

 

[MALpractice311]

5 million is surprisingly low after retail sales + extremely heavy marketing by PlayStation + PS Plus + Game Pass.

I thought the game would have north of 20 million players by now, at least.

That's funny. After playing it, I feel just the opposite. I would've thought it had LESS than 5 million players/owners/"whatever the fuck mysterious metric they're using". It was Arkane's worst game, by a long shot.

 

[remember_spinal]

5 million is surprisingly low after retail sales + extremely heavy marketing by PlayStation + PS Plus + Game Pass.

I thought the game would have north of 20 million players by now, at least.

20m? Naw but at least 8-10m

5 million units would have been a commendable victory for a two year old heavily marketed game but player count is honestly nothing special. Maybe it will make Redfall look better when they announce they have 5 million players for the week

 

[Punished Miku]

5 million is surprisingly low after retail sales + extremely heavy marketing by PlayStation + PS Plus + Game Pass.

I thought the game would have north of 20 million players by now, at least.

It had 20 million trailers at least.

 

[GhostOfTsu]

5 millions sales would be good but PLAYERS? That's very low after being added to PS Plus and Game Pass.

 

[RoadHazard]

I'm one of them I guess, played like an hour of it off PS+. Didn't hook me.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Game has a bit of a slow start explaining the world and the rules, but once it does and it all clicks...Amazing game. I'm so happy that Arkane are still the ones holding the torch all these years later still.

 

[Fbh]

That doesn't sound too impressive given that it's on Ps+ AND gamepass AND frequently on sale for really cheap.

Personally I didn't finish it. Had fun with it for a few hours but once I had a decent arsenal (which didn't take long) I quickly grew tired of the gameplay loop

 

[Gaiff]

That doesn't sound too impressive given that it's on Ps+ AND gamepass AND frequently on sale for really cheap.

Personally I didn't finish it. Had fun with it for a few hours but once I had a decent arsenal (which didn't take long) I quickly grew tired of the gameplay loop

So for you, the loop was the *puts on sunglasses* death of the game?

 

[Kvally]

Congrats to Arkane. I still have yet to play it. Since it doesn't have difficulty options, I doubt I will get very far in the game.

 

[winjer]

It was also a part of a Humble Bundle.
Between this, Gamepass and PSN+, Bethesda was almost giving it away.

 

[Fbh]

So for you, the loop was the *puts on sunglasses* death of the game?

 

[Graciaus]

I got it off Humble monthly and wasn't that interested. Only played a couple hours.

 

[Dthomp]

It was also a part of a Humble Bundle.
Between this, Gamepass and PSN+, Bethesda was almost giving it away.

These are the reasons numbers don't really matter and we need to stop getting all riled up. The game was discounted by 50% within months of its release at Black Friday, then free to all PS+ Members (which I imagine is a large number) and then added to GP (Also a ton of people who just want to try stuff) and Humble, then by the second year it was selling to own for around 15 bucks. I'd be embarrassed that only 5 million people played this, it was an average at best game that grew stale quickly for me but forced myself to finish it at least.

 

[Kvally]

"free" on GP/PS+? Can I get your free access to those subscriptions?

 

[PCFanboy64]

My #2 game of 2021 after It Takes Two. Prey is still better.

Edit: Game Pass is basically free if you VPN to Turkey where it is $1.59/mo

 

[R6Rider]

Really fun game. I need to do another playthrough.

 

[theHFIC]

It took me a bit to figure out all of the mechanics and find / save my favorite weapons but by my final runs to kill everyone I had a blast with it. Never got to try multiplayer though.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Same. I think I played for like 45-50 minutes and dropped it.

I'm not sure what you could really get out of it in that time. Once you get into the meat of the game, it's pretty addictive though.

 

[sachos]

Man, feel bad for Arkane. 5 Million seems low after being offered in so many ways and services, specially when knowing a lot of people just try things for less than an hour.

 

[Heisenberg007]

I'm not sure what you could really get out of it in that time. Once you get into the meat of the game, it's pretty addictive though.

I just wasn't having fun, and there were too many other games to play. I was on Chapter 3 I guess, finding Cole's home (I think). Thought I'd come back to it later, but there is always something else and more fun to play, and it just keeps sitting in my backlog.

I might get back to it someday, hopefully.

 

[Thirty7ven]

Bomb

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Pretty sure this game is on both PS and GP sub plans. So out of those 5M gamers, who knows what the actual sales are. Maybe 2M?

 

[Hestar69]

game was total ass. Beat it and so glad to never have to play it again.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Not bad but far from Arkane's best game, I would give it a 7 or so. Starts off good, but then you are endlessly replaying the same sections with the same enemy placements to get a small tidbit to advance the plot. I eventually put it down.

 

[wOs]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that people say it isn't good int his thread. So I'll just put out there that I really enjoyed it and it felt different and unique. Best game ever, no. Worthwhile experience, absolutely.

 

[Robb]

Good on Arkane.

I love the concept of it but the progression system with Residiuum collection etc. really didn’t do it for me. Gave it up 1/3 in.

I want to be able to keep abilities and weapons between loops and sneak around and enjoy the level design. It all felt way to gimped for me constantly - even if the AI is very forgiving.

I would much rather have had a lot more difficult AI alongside getting to keep abilities etc.

 

[Roberts]

5 Million sound a bit low. I'm aware this game is not for everybody, because it often feels like work (I didn't mind - I adore this game) and is not a straightforward action game, but surely more people should have at least tried it considering it was on both subscription services.

Anyway, Colt is an amazing character. His hangover antics made me laugh pretty much constantly.

 

[touchfuzzy]

Pretty sure this game is on both PS and GP sub plans. So out of those 5M gamers, who knows what the actual sales are. Maybe 2M?

Looks like it was #6 in it's release month and then fell right out of the top 20 for the month after. Tales of Arise, which debuted at #4 that month and then also disappeared off the top 20, has sold just over 2M. So probably looking at something like 1.5M actual sales for Deathloop.

 

[Cryio]

Deathloop is a masterpiece. More people should buy/play it. No /s.

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Could not have done it without Ps5 players

 

[adamsapple]

Could not have done it without Ps5 players

Yes, considering it launched on PS5 1 year before.

 

[Katatonic]

More proof that Playstation is the best place to launch your game.

 

[BoxFresh123]

Sneaky feeling this could be one Epic give away this year.