'Rocket League' Celebrates 50 Million Player Milestone

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Developer Psyonix has announced that after over three years and two months on the market, its hit arcade sports game, Rocket League, has surpassed 50 million players.

News of the impressive milestone comes, roughly, eight months after the game raced past 40 million players, or in other words, 2018 has seen the game add 10 million new players. A very impressive figure for a game as old as it is.



It's worth noting that 50 million players does not equal 50 million in sales. 50 million players also doesn't mean 50 million unique players, in other words, it is inflated by players with multiple accounts. And given that smurfing is a considerable problem in the game, it's hard to gauge what the actual player count is.

But nonetheless, smurfs or no smurfs, 50 million is a very big number for a multiplayer game that has managed to remain one of the biggest multiplayer titles in the world despite a ton of big releases in the realm since, such as: Rainbow Six Siege, Overwatch, Fortnite, and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

September has notably been a big month for Rocket League: with the release of its big progression update and implementation of Rocket Pass. Further, with Season 9 poised to begin on Monday and cross-platform parties on the way, 2018 should wrap up quite well for Rocket League, barring any mass player exodus to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 or Battlefield V.

That said, it will be interesting to see what type of numbers it will put out in 2019 as a result. Realistically, come the end of 2019 Rocket League could boast over 60 million players, maybe even 70 million. And once it hits these figures the question increasingly becomes can it hit 100 million? Probably not. But it appears Psyonix isn't planning to stop supporting the game anytime soon, so it's possible, especially via the power of smurfs.

Rocket League is available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

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Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/09/22/rocket-league-50-million-players/

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CraigPosted:

50 mill is a hell of a big number, but across that many platforms, was only a matter of time i guess. GG lads.

JastyPosted:

That's alot of players, proud to say I am one of those as well! Or..was one.

RyanPosted:

congrats rocket league, I'm not surprised, the game is super fun.

TTGPosted:

Amazing milestone to achieve, 50 million.

36Posted:

Damn pretty big milestone to hit well done

MazePosted:

That is one crazy milestone holy crap

XeCookiePosted:

Pretty massive milestone ngl I am a bit surprised at this games huge success I am still better then maDz at this game though hehe jk.

TOXICPosted:

Congrats to Rocket League, thats a huge milestone to hit, and I personally cant believe theirs 50 million players lol, but nice to see the game has done so well. But for me personally I just got bored of the game as i think its just to repetitive, but then again im shit at the game omao.


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