Nexon is ending assist for its third-person looter shooter The First Descendant on PS4 and Xbox One.
The free-to-play sci-fi-flavoured launch got here out final yr throughout Xbox, PlayStation and PC. It bought off to a good sufficient begin, and within the first week welcomed 10 million gamers into the fray. Issues have petered off since then, with SteamDB knowledge displaying a median of 8,227 gamers on Valve’s platform in February. Its peak participant common was 123,352 in July final yr, however this dropped to a median of 54,662 by August.
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Nexon goes to maintain supporting The First Descendant, nonetheless it has now introduced it is going to be ending assist for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One gamers from nineteenth June, which is simply shy of its first anniversary. The sport can even be delisted from the platforms (thanks, TheGamer).
Based on Nexon, it has determined to cease supporting the final era of consoles in a bid to maintain “rising participant satisfaction”. The developer stated it had “elevated the dimensions” of The First Descendant, and this meant the crew was dealing with difficulties “sustaining the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One builds”.
Those that are enjoying The First Descendant on both a PS4 or Xbox One will nonetheless be capable to switch their progress to different platforms through The First Descendant’s cross-save performance.
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On its launch final yr, Nexon discovered itself having to reply to claims the iconography of The First Descendant was strikingly much like icons present in one other sci-fi launch, after gamers recognized a shocking variety of similarities between the icons and weapons used within the free-to-play sci-fi shooter and Future 2.
The designs in questions had been subsequently faraway from the sport “with deep affection and respect” for different “looter shooters”.
