While very different games, Concord recently launched to a dismal response from players, and Sony pulled the plug after just two weeks. With the onset of Suicide Squad's Season 3 of live service content, nearly nine months out from launch, Warner Bros must be looking at the player count that killed Concord with some envy. Despite losing some $200 million and counting, it continues to endure.
Eurogamer has been keeping tabs on Rocksteady's unfortunate departure from its previous, excellent Arkham series. With the pivot to a live service structure clearly not going as planned, at least on PC (where such things are painfully exposed), Season 3 drew in less than 300 concurrent players at launch, down from an all-time peak of 13k back in February. Granted, it's not the weekend yet, but to that we say, why not wait a couple of days?
We don't mean to belabor the point, but there's apparently going to be a fourth season of content, which does add a character players have been looking forward to (Deathstroke) to the game. Will that be the end? The whole situation is quite illustrative of the state of the industry in 2024 and thus could conceivably change any day.
What do you think is the grand plan for Suicide Squad here? Would you like to check out the new update? Keep a stiff upper lip in the comments section below.
