{"id":209758,"date":"2021-03-06T18:06:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T18:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/artifact-player-count-spike-free-to-play\/"},"modified":"2021-03-06T18:06:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T18:06:43","slug":"artifact-playerbase-spikes-after-going-completely-free-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/03\/06\/artifact-playerbase-spikes-after-going-completely-free-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Artifact Playerbase Spikes After Going Completely Free to Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><meta name= \\\"keywords \\\" content= \\\"\u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f, \u6559\u80b2, IT \u96fb\u8166\u73ed,\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u73ed\uff0c \u5bb6\u6559\uff0c \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b\uff0c \u8cc7\u8a0a\u6280\u8853\uff0c \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8a2d\u8a08\uff0c \u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c \u904a\u6232\uff0c \u860b\u679c\uff0c \u96fb\u5f71\uff0c \u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c\u7de8\u78bc\uff0c Java\uff0c C\/C++\uff0c JavaScript\uff0c PHP\uff0c HTML\uff0c CSS\uff0c MySQL\uff0c mobile\uff0c Android\uff0c \u52d5\u6f2b\uff0c Python\uff0c teacher\uff0c \u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2 \u8cc7\u8a0a, \u7535\u5b50\u8ba1\u7b97\u673a, IT ,Game, apple, movie, Computer,student,Java,\u6559\u80b2, ,\u5b66\u751f, \u5b66\u4e60, learn, \u6559\u5b66,  Android, apple,anime, animation, \u4fe1\u606f\u6280\u672f, \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8bbe\u8ba1, \u79fb\u52a8\u7535\u8bdd, \u8cc7\u8a0a\u79d1\u6280,Game, Jeu, Juego,Call Of Duty ,\u4f7f\u547d\u53ec\u559a , \u6e38\u620f, \u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f,, \u591a\u4eba\u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f, \u7f51\u7edc\u6e38\u620f\uff0conline\uff0conline game, \u624b\u673a\u6e38\u620f, mobile \\\"><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static3.gamerantimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/valve-artifact-player-spike.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Artifact<\/em><\/strong> is an anomaly of a video game. The digital deckbuilder\/CCG is proof Valve is not infallible. Even the legendary studio behind <em>Half-Life<\/em>, <em>Portal<\/em>, <em>Team Fortress<\/em>, <em>Counter-Strike<\/em>, and other very successful and popular games can make mistakes. That&#8217;s why Valve announced this past week that <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/tag\/artifact\/\"><em>Artifact<\/em><\/a> was ceasing development and its 2.0 reboot would not be unfinished. It&#8217;s also why, despite Valve admitting it faltered, <em>Artifact<\/em> is now seeing a level of popularity it hasn&#8217;t seen in a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, <em>Artifact<\/em> seeing a spike of popularity does not mean that it&#8217;s suddenly popular. It&#8217;s just evidence that Valve&#8217;s announcement has led to some renewed interest in the game. According to scraped Steam data, <em>Artifact<\/em> saw a peak of over 1,100 concurrent players following its development ending and it <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/dota-2-free-play-store-valve\/\">going free-to-play<\/a>. That&#8217;s the highest total and sustained concurrent players that <em>Artifact<\/em> has seen since early 2019.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"related-single\"><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/twitch-sues-streamers-artifact\/\">Twitch Sues Users for Streaming Porn, Copyright Movies Under Artifact Directory<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For some perspective on the matter, in the six months prior to the announcement <em>Artifact<\/em> saw an average concurrent player count below 40. Further, it hasn&#8217;t seen an average of over 100 concurrent players since 2019. That low player count is likely why <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/artifact-2-valve-canceled-free\/\">Valve reevaluated its plan to rerelease <em>Artifact<\/em><\/a> and continue the game&#8217;s development. It&#8217;s not necessarily realistic to believe\u00a0a currently playable game with just an average of 30 players can climb back to numbers where it&#8217;d be profitable.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayArtifact\/status\/1367579335276699648\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Artifact<\/em> did have a much higher peak of concurrent players when it originally launched, of course. Its initial player count was above 60,000 concurrent players. That number did rapidly decrease, but it represents <em>Artifact<\/em>&#8216;s potential. With that number in mind, it&#8217;s understandable why Valve gave <em>Artifact<\/em> a chance to be rebooted in the first place. If Valve could regain those numbers, then <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/artifact-2-reboot-valve\/\"><em>Artifact<\/em>&#8216;s reboot<\/a> would be justified. But reaching those numbers seemed less and less realistic over time.<\/p>\n<p>As interesting as it is that <em>Artifact<\/em>&#8216;s player count jumped over a thousand, it&#8217;s also probably not a number that&#8217;s too exciting to Valve. In other words, it&#8217;s further evidence that rebooting <em>Artifact<\/em> wouldn&#8217;t be successful enough. If this thousand-player jump is as high as it&#8217;s going to go, then <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/valve-artifact-reboot-single-player-campaign\/\"><em>Artifact<\/em>&#8216;s long-term future<\/a> even as a free-to-play game isn&#8217;t secure.<\/p>\n<p>Those who have played and enjoyed <em>Artifact<\/em> are left wondering just what went wrong. Whether it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/valve-artifact-release-date\/\"><em>Artifact<\/em>&#8216;s up-front cost<\/a> and microtransactions, or the game&#8217;s gameplay being impenetrable to new players, <em>Artifact<\/em> never even got a chance to be a big success. At the very least, fans can play the game now once more before the playerbase likely starts to fade again.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Artifact<\/strong><\/em> is available now on PC.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"next-single\">MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/valve-software-video-games-best-metacritic\/\">The 10 Best Valve Software Games, According To Metacritic<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcharts.com\/app\/583950#7d\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SteamCharts<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><figure class= \\\"wp-block-image alignnone \\\"><img src= \\\"http:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo2-2.png\\\" alt=\\\"IT\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2 java\u88dc\u7fd2 \u70ba\u5927\u5bb6\u914d\u5c0d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2,IT freelance, \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b, PHP\u88dc\u7fd2,CSS\u88dc\u7fd2,XML,Java\u88dc\u7fd2,MySQL\u88dc\u7fd2,graphic design\u88dc\u7fd2,\u4e2d\u5c0f\u5b78ICT\u88dc\u7fd2,\u4e00\u5c0d\u4e00\u79c1\u4eba\u88dc\u7fd2\u548cFreelance\u81ea\u7531\u5de5\u4f5c\u914d\u5c0d\u3002\\\"\/><figcaption>\u7acb\u523b\u8a3b\u518a\u53ca\u5831\u540d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\u8ab2\u7a0b\u5427!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/br>Find A Teacher Form:\r\n<\/br>https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1vREBnX5n262umf4wU5U2pyTwvk9O-JrAgblA-wH9GFQ\/viewform?edit_requested=true#responses\r\n<\/br><\/br>Email:\r\n<\/br>public1989two@gmail.com<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>\r\n<a href=www.itsec.hk style=color:#FFFFFF;>www.itsec.hk<\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\\\"www.itsec.vip\\\" style=color:#FFFFFF;>www.itsec.vip<\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\\\"www.itseceu.uk\\\" style=color:#FFFFFF;>www.itseceu.uk<\/a><br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Valve&#8217;s decision to end support for its deckbuilder Artifact and make the game free-to-play leads to a spike of concurrent players.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Artifact Playerbase Spikes After Going Completely Free to Play - ITTeacherITFreelance.hk","description":"Valve's decision to end support for its deckbuilder Artifact and make the game free-to-play leads to a spike of concurrent players."},"footnotes":""},"categories":[607],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209759,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209758\/revisions\/209759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}