Rainbow Six Siege Player Base Explodes to Record Highs
If you head over to the Steam Stats page, you'll see the top games by current player count toward the bottom. Rainbow Six Siege is boasting a recent concurrent player peak of over 176,000 players. For reference, at launch (when you would expect the most players to be playing), Siege saw an average concurrent player count of around 20,000 players. Since then, Ubisoft has expanded its player-base on PC almost eight-fold. We're willing to bet that Ubisoft has enjoyed similar growth on consoles as well.
These numbers are for Steam users only it does count for uPlay owners or players on consoles.
There's very little disagreement these days that Ubisoft is leading the pack when it comes to structuring games as a service. A year ago we may have been cynically sneered over a publisher's ambition to make a single game last for years because, surely, the monetization of new content would rip the player-base apart, right? Not so. Rainbow Six Siege has been improving constantly, and all players have the opportunity to play new maps, earn new operators, and participate in unique events.
Operation Chimera is a great example of this. This new season of Rainbow Six Siege is available to all players, and with it debuts a new co-op game mode called Outbreak. Players have described Outbreak as Rainbow Six meets Left 4 Dead, and honestly, that's the best thing we've ever heard. Players band together and select from a small pool of operators to take on waves of alien creatures that are taking over a small town. It's dark, eerie, and it's different. Ubisoft is keeping things fresh, and it's making sure that everyone can partake in the thrill of novelty.
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Source: http://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/03/07/rainbow-six-siege-operation-chimera-steam-players/
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GhostPosted:
Now that is a surprise. Most of the stuff I've personally heard sounds like it was dead. Probably due to this new DLC released!
TomPosted:
Mickers Impressive and good to see for Ubisoft.
Ubisoft got lucky on this game, for sure one of their highest games they've published.
CraigPosted:
Well, when a game is supported as actively as R6 is currently, it's no surprise. Good things come to those who try, and that's what the devs have found clearly lol. Good on em.
TTGPosted:
Not surprised the outbreak update brought people together. And it's a good update and fun to play.
TomPosted:
For sure due to the recent update for "outbreak" and the leaks of future DLCs to come. didn't expect a huge player base rise in the game though, glad to see it though.
MazePosted:
Tons of big youtubers play the game, makes people wanna try it out.
Crazy to see a game released a few years ago doing so great still
Crazy to see a game released a few years ago doing so great still
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