Respawn Entertainmentの『Apex Legends（apex legends)” will start season 14 “Hunted” from August 9th. Speaking of August, the boycott movement “NO APEX AUGUST” was called out in the overseas community, but are overseas players actually boycotting Apex?
What happened to the “NO APEX AUGUST” movement?
Season 13 “The Savior” was a season where game glitches tended to be talked about, and from the start, various issues such as “Invincible Wraith”, (still ongoing) Loba’s bracelet bug, and translucent glitches were clipped. Posted and controversial.
In addition to these, the unbalanced matchmaking and dissatisfaction with cheaters, etc., combined with Reddit to demand a serious response from the development side with player behavior “NO APEX AUGUST(August without Apex) ‘Boycott movement was being called for.
「Can’t we all go on strike on days when we won’t be playing Apex?This boycott movement started with the call of “, but now that it is August, is this boycott being carried out after all?
More than 400 people join the boycott on the first day?
In conclusion,Very few players are seriously boycottingIt looks like
Garret, who is usually active as a data miner, said on the first day of “NO APEX AUGUST”SteamDBquoting the chart of The number of players counted here is only for the Steam version of Apex, but in the Steam version, from July 31st to August 1st,400+ players downIt seems that
but this is in proportionabout 0.11%BecauseNormal daily fluctuations unrelated to boycottsIt seems that it can be interpreted that it is settled in.
Garret also said about player counts on August 2nd.TweetIt seems that about 7,000 people decreased on the second day of the boycott. It seems to be a sharp decrease, but this seems to be related to the difference in the timing of aggregation.
actuallySteam ChartsAs you can see from the chart for the corresponding period, if the boycott has really started, we should be able to observe a dramatic drop in players between July 31st and August 1st. but,The wave that shows the increase and decrease of players has not changed in particularIt seems that. After all, no one is seriously boycotting it, is it?
“Why are you doing it in August?”
Reddit’s Apex Sable, the source of the boycott movement, just finished the first week of August.Reflection meeting mode alreadyIt seems that Below are excerpts from Reddit and Twitter comments.
- “I wonder if the five people who talked about this are still keeping their point.”
- “It’s strange how a game that was said to be dead around season 3 became so popular that the boycott didn’t affect player numbers at all.”
- “Like my friend who spent $200 on an anime event and said, ‘I’m going to protest them.'”
- “I’m disappointed with this,Why did you choose the month the new season starts (to boycott)」
- “It’s a chilling trend. I’ll keep playing Apex.”
- “I don’t understand why people want to boycott a working Apex.war zoneHas anyone ever played (CoD’s Battrois)?”
Search with the hashtag “NO APEX AUGUST”Looking at it, it seems that some players have actually uninstalled it, but as you can see from the Steam version data above, even if all platforms are combined, it has not become a major force. It seems that.
On the other hand, well-known accounts such as Garret, Apex Legends News, SWL, The Gaming Merchant, and Apex (Legends) Status also talked about this hashtag, so the existence of the boycott movement itself did not attract the attention of the community. I know you were drawn to it.
Can Season 14, “Hunted,” Eliminate Frustration?
This timealmost no one participatesAlthough it is becoming clear that “NO APEX AUGUST” is being discovered, since it was originally a call for dissatisfaction with various problems in the game, if the problem is not resolved, a similar movement will be raised again in the future. It is assumed that
With Season 14, The Hunted, starting August 9, can the call for boycotts be completely drowned out? Along with the new content, I would like to pay attention to the player’s reaction.
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Source: Twitter. Reddit. SteamDB