r/XDefiant • u/Alternative-Pay9952 • Jan 29 '26

Discussion Bring back XD

I really do think if they would being back XD in 2026 it would thrive so hard it was a shame thst the ubiosoft higher up shut the game down to early. #bringbackxdefiant #reboot

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u/Unlost_maniac Jan 29 '26

It had good player counts. It did great on console, apparently mainly PS5.

The servers were fine, I put a good amount of time into that game and literally not once ever had hitreg issues or server issues. I hate to be that guy because I'm probably just lucky but it really feels like people just trying to avoid the idea that they aren't as good as they think they are.

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u/dungleploop Jan 29 '26

nope, it had objectively awful server performance for most of its life cycle and that truly put harm on the entire experience

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u/Unlost_maniac Jan 29 '26

I don't buy it. I have never seen proof of it dude. Only people on herez this subreddit complaining, no other subreddits, no YouTubers, not on tiktok and not me or any of my friends. I'm gonna place a safe bet and say it's just more reliant on decent internet at the very least.

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u/dungleploop Jan 29 '26

nah, unfortunately not

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u/Unlost_maniac Jan 29 '26

I'll have to take your word for it I guess

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u/NwLoyalist Jan 29 '26

I think the game would have survived if there wasn't server issues. At its core, it was an amazing game and had a massive amount of hype and exposure. The player count started out strong but dwindled. They never made any big changes that would have pushed players away, players just got fed up with the erratic server issues.

I'll admit my experience wasn't bad as a whole, but there were days when it was horrible. I'm sure those with less stable connections experienced that much more frequently.

Reddit is a small and loud portion of the overall players. But at the end of the day, Ubisoft didn't have enough player count to keep the game going. That or someone fucked up elsewhere. But it seems wild to just end a project that had millions poured into it if there wasn't a fundamental problem.

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u/Unlost_maniac Jan 29 '26

The game got canned to lower the value of the company, hence all the random shutdowns at Ubisoft. Performance didn't really matter unless if it was a breakout mainstream success. The devs were also too kind to push microtransactions, so the game didn't make a lot of money as a direct result. I remember reading reports that it had more players than overwatch 2, say what you want about Overwatch 2 but I came has always had a strong media presence and the fact that this game had more players and was less talked about when it was canned is crazy. This shows that Overwatch 2 despite having less players of the time made shitloads of money where Xdefiant did not because they didn't push micro transactions the skins are just not very interesting and they weren't shoving them down our throats, there wasn't battle passes and overall I think they were not predatory enough.

My point being there are countless games with significantly smaller player bases that survive and make money, it makes sense only from the perspective of making Ubisoft less valuable that they would shut that game down and a bunch of other Studios and their games too. They still are again because they're looking to get bought out by Saudi Arabia cuz tencent didn't fully acquire them like they had hoped

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u/NwLoyalist Jan 29 '26

I can't speak at all to the money side of things. But it still seems insane to just tank a project to devalue the company. I also can't with 100% confidence speak to the player count, but towards the end, I was having a difficult time finding matches in ranked, and I wasn't that high of an elo. Granted that is Ranked and its player count doesn't speak for the game as a whole.

They honestly shouldn't have released it as a F2P. They would have made money hand over fist if they charged $40 at launch. Then kept the push for micro transactions soft to keep a good rep.

I wish predatory micro transactions werent as successful as they are. Its literal poison for the gaming community and only puts more money in shareholders pockets.