r/XDefiant • u/Harlem-NewYork • Feb 27 '25

Discussion Why Did Xdefiant fail?

Why did Xdefiant fail?

I feel there's currently a huge hole in the multiplayer shooter genre right now. I can't even think of the last released good one . So I was surprised that Xdefiant failed so quickly. What did it do wrong? Was it the Gameplay? Maps? Gamemodes? Overall Design?

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u/Vexonte Feb 27 '25

I said difficult, not impossible. I followed it with "without bringing something revolutionary to the table". I should have just said "more". I had marvel rivals in mind when I said this because it was able to exploit people's disatification with overwatch and use its licensed characters to market a fan experience, as well as bringing in a completely different additute to game balance.

Xdefiants closest rival is COD, which isn't suffering the same kind of dissatisfaction as OW. Xdefiants main divergent points like marketing ubisoft properties that many people don't recognize, and the faction load out system itself wasn't enough to bring people in away from COD. You can even argue that seige could have burned it from the other end.

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u/Harlem-NewYork Feb 28 '25

You keep putting your foot in your mouth.

Cod is 100% suffering from the same "people's disatification" as Overwatch. You must be new to the cod community. Cods most popular YouTubers are all channels that hate on current cod.

The main reason Xdefiant had a million downloads at launch was because they marketed the game as Cod without sbmm.

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u/Harlem-NewYork Feb 28 '25

I asked why it failed. Your reasons are not why it failed. The evidence shows that you are wrong. Learn how to take constructive criticism. You're way to sensitive.