New Twitch Data Shows 'Apex Legends' Is Declining Quickly

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The hype for Apex Legends has been steadily declining. Respawn Entertainment has been slow to update and support the game, and its first season pass was underwhelming. The combination of these two things has been enough to damper the game's buzz. And with its buzz down, streamers aren't streaming it as much. And the less streamers play it, the less people play it. And the less people play it, the less hype it has. You see the cycle?

According to the latest streaming industry report from Stream Elements, Apex Legend's Twitch views have been on a very steady and sharp decline recently. Meanwhile, Fortnite has been very steady, and now almost doubles Apex Legends in average Twitch viewership. In other words, the game once tapped by some to finally kill Fortnite, isn't doing a very good job at hurting Fortnite, let alone killing it.

When Apex Legends launch, its streaming numbers were considerably above Fortnite, but this was because it was new and because EA was paying a pretty penny for the biggest streamers to play it. Now, the honeymoon period is over, and it's no longer looking like a serious Fornite rival. It's still a big game and doing well, but its peak is fading in the rearview mirror.



So, the question now is: can Apex Legends recover? For sure. A lot of people have it downloaded. It's just a matter of getting people interested in the game again. And there's a lot of ways you can do this, but the window is closing, and Respawn Entertainment needs to start supporting the game a lot quicker. That said, the chance to dethrone Fortnite is probably over, if there was ever a chance to begin with.

Apex Legends is available, for free, via the PS4, Xbox One, and PC.



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XboxPosted:

Yea I stopped playing it fairly quick.

KnownTheBBoyzPosted:

lbreadstickl You want a Royale that will take down fortnite? Make one that has randomly generated maps for each new match. Needless to say it should run well and at 60+fps


That would be a cool game to play!!! But as for the 60fps. I play all my games at 150-200fps with 2x 2080tis.

XeCookiePosted:

Still like Apex better. Personally don't see any issues they can't fix yet.

RaubenPosted:

Why do people care if its being watched on twitch lmao If you enjoy the game play it ? If you dont play something else xD

AnimePosted:

This was a great game at first and somewhat still is.

C4Posted:

Not surprising at all. They need to update the map and add more content like fortnite does

GaryPosted:

Fortnite killer btw. Lmao.

DismissPosted:

Apex was a great game but the store was a terrible cash grab I've personally only looked at once and there's just no content. It's been over a month and all we've seen is 1 weapon and 1 character. The game gets boring fast when you're playing the same characters, using the same guns on the same map over and over and over. The lack of variety is what killed this game.

And the battle pass? Let's not even go there.

THQPosted:

Unpopular opinion: I don't like Fortnite or apex. PUBG has been the only battle royale that I like just because it has a realistic "sim" feel too it. I hated apex due to the high player health and the shields make that even worse. I like the slow paced PUBG and will continue to play it even though it is still buggy. It's the only game anymore I can always go back too

lbreadsticklPosted:

You want a Royale that will take down fortnite? Make one that has randomly generated maps for each new match. Needless to say it should run well and at 60+fps


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