He May 21, 2024 was released XDefiant on PC and current generation consoles. It was a bet Ubisoft to try to take market share from Call of Duty. In fact, some have even nicknamed him the “Duty Killer.” But even though we have reached a significant number of players, 8 million, today we have news that we are already starting to get used to. We'll talk to you again about XDefiant given that announced the closure of the servers and with it the end of the game for the next June 3, 2025.
Thus, the game lasted a little over a year, despite the good reviews it received at the beginning. Despite the announcement of the closure, Current players will be able to continue playing and accessing upcoming content until the servers shut down.. Unfortunately, this news drags on worse news, the closure of Ubisoft San Francisco and Ubisoft Osaka. And we're talking about 277 people who will lose their jobs almost imminently.
XDefiant and its shutdown may target Ubisoft
As explained by the company in a statement“Despite an encouraging start, passionate teamwork and an engaged fan base, we have failed to attract and retain enough players over the long term to compete at the level we desire in the very demanding FPS market free-to-play.“. Furthermore, they specify that XDefiant “is too far from achieving the results needed to enable significant new investments“, so the final decision was to close it.
So, another case of closing a free-to-play that doesn't quite work out, knowing that what didn't work here was the monetization, since the game caused good sensations and had a good user base. This is also another case that needs to be talked about. Ubisoft and his delicate situation. This probably won't be the last news we have on this subject.
