Summary
Starbreeze Studios has confirmed thatPayday 3is still not meeting expectations. The latest entry into the long-running co-op heist shooter franchise was released in September 2023, butPayday 3quickly suffered a decline in player numbersthanks to a myriad of bugs and glitches found within the game.
Despite these issues at launch, steps have already been made by Starbreeze Studios to keep players engaged. Therecently announcedPayday 3roadmap laid out plansto enhance the player experience with the cooperative heist game. This includes the creation of a dedicated team to manage the game’s overhaul along with more regular DLC. In the latest report to investors, the Swedish video game developer gives an honest picture of the current state of the game.
Following the latest earningsreport from Starbreeze Studios, CEO Tobias Sjögren admitted thatPayday 3isn’t at the level the company was expecting. The player count remains low for the latest installment of the long-running heist franchise. However, the team is confident that it can entice gamers back to the fold. Sjögren went on to reinforce that the team at Strabreeze Studios will continue to develop improvements to the core experience ofPayday 3and highlighted that there were other examples of games that recovered from problematic launches.
Payday 3 Has Been Negatively Received
As it stands,Payday 3is one of the more negatively received games of recent times. On Steam, the game has a “Mostly Negative” rating, with 28,715 negative reviews logged by gamers. With the admission that the latestPaydayisn’t where it needs to be, the Swedish developer has told fans to expect more information on both the long-term and short-term plans to revive the game by the end of February 2024.
WhilePayday 3may be struggling to retain players, it seems that the well-establishedPayday 2is seeing a boom in its player count. Starbreeze Studios reported that in one month during the last quarter, the decade-old game saw 400,000 active gamers logged into the servers, showing there is still a vested interest in the franchise as a whole.
It is not all bad news for fans ofPayday 3. Despite the drop in player numbers,Payday 3still drove revenue for Starbreeze Studios. As a result of this, the team remains committed to improving the game and introducing additional content. It remains to be seen what shape the future DLC will look like, but the next announcement on this is set to take place before the end of February 2024.
Payday 3
WHERE TO PLAY
Step out of retirement back into the life of crime in the shoes of the Payday Gang, the envy of their peers and the nightmare of law-enforcement wherever they go. Several years after the crew’s reign of terror over Washington DC has ended, they assemble once again to deal with the threat that roused them out of early retirement.The legendary Payday Crew, dreaded by the law and underworld alike, is back. Ripped from their peaceful retirement to rejoin the criminal world by a new threat, one born from the chaos the Crew left in their wake. In order to identify and crush this new threat, the Crew is leaving their Washington DC roots behind them and moving to New York City. A new location will bring with it new challenges, but also new opportunities for a heister with a plan.A professional heister knows it takes planning, hard work and a good amount of luck in order to execute a successful heist. In PAYDAY 3 the choice is put in the hands of the players, deciding how to tackle the heist, whether you sneak or go in guns blazing, whether you let your hostages go or keep them around as pawns, whether you go at it alone or bring friends. The choices are endless and in your hands, they will vastly change how the game plays.
