“Suicide Squad: Killing Justice” League of Legends finally launches this week, but day one Steam stats aren’t great Marvel’s Avengers.
We all know Marvel’s Avengers isn’t going particularly well. It wasn’t received particularly well, the live service element was frustrating, and it was eventually pulled. Now, after a long wait, Rocksteady’s long-awaited sequel to Batman: Arkham Knight, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has made the same mistake again, once again offering an online game if It would be better as a four player game. At least cooperative play. Unfortunately, Suicide Squad’s day-one launch statistics are worse than Marvel’s Avengers, according to SteamDB.
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According to SteamDB data, “Marvel’s Avengers” peaked at 29,916 players on its first day on Steam, while “Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League” has a cap of 13,459 players, which is less than the number of players released by Square Enix. half. That’s not a reassuring sign for the game, but there are a number of reasons why the numbers are so different.
For one, there is a simple difference in brand awareness. Of course, Suicide Squad is popular today thanks to DC movies, but it still hasn’t reached the popularity of The Avengers. Marvel’s The Avengers also launches a year after Avengers: Endgame, so it could easily ride the coattails of one of the most successful movies of all time. There’s also a growing sense of fatigue with live services, as every game in the world desperately tries to capitalize on the trend of players settling for only the games they’ve played regularly in their lives. Of course, this doesn’t reflect console numbers either, as it may perform better on consoles.
Suicide Squad does have a slew of post-launch content planned, including a Joker expansion that will introduce a version of the Clown Prince of Crime from an alternate universe, but whether that’ll be enough to boost the numbers is anyone’s guess.