Apex Legends players worry game is \u201cdying\u201d after controversial Battle Pass changes RespawnApex Legends players have been voiced concern for the game\u2019s future after Respawn announced a major Battle Pass overhaul. Starting with Season 22, the battle royale will no longer allow Battle Pass purchases with Apex Coins \u2013 real money will be the only eligible option. Some have reacted by accusing publisher EA of being motivated by greed, with the Battle Pass changes serving as a catalyst for players to re-emphasize their issues with Apex Legends like monetization, server issues, cheaters and more. When asking the simple question \u201cIs Apex dying?\u201d on Reddit, the thread\u2019s author admitted they had \u201cless and less\u201d motivation to play, specifically naming cheating, \u201cmessed up\u201d matchmaking, and \u201cRespawn\/EA just turning the game into a cash cow,\u201d as reasons for their drop in interest. Responses followed suit. Several singled out matchmaking as the primary problem area. \u201cSkill-based matchmaking ruins pubs,\u201d one reply stated. \u201cMatchmaking is literally the number one problem with the game and the devs don\u2019t give a single sh*t,\u201d another echoed. The aforementioned battle pass changes were a core pain point for many. \u201cNew battle pass requires IRL money instead of the coins you have saved,\u201d one user stated in their list of current misgivings. \u201cI opted in for the battle pass for the first time last night,\u201d said another, adding \u201cThen this news dropped and I feel like Respawn\/EA swiped $10 out of my pocket and left me some stickers and a 25-cent toy.\u201d Others attributed the \u201chigh barrier to entry\u201d as the culprit preventing Apex from \u201cattracting new players and having them stick around.\u201d \u201cI mean, it has the lowest player base almost in the game\u2019s history, so it\u2019s not good. But \u2018dying\u2019? I don\u2019t think so. Just a lull while they work some things out\u201d said a more optimistic player. Per SteamDB, Apex Legends\u2019 concurrent player count on Steam peaked at 329,663 in June. This was the lowest total of 2024 so far and a drop of just under 100,000 from May 2024. These figures don\u2019t take into account population numbers for other platforms, most notably Xbox and PlayStation. Apex Legends is still going strong, but these player count numbers show a steady decline brought on by issues the community need to see addressed for them to return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends players worry game is \u201cdying\u201d after controversial Battle Pass changes RespawnApex Legends players have been voiced concern for the game\u2019s future after Respawn announced a major Battle Pass overhaul. Starting with Season 22, the battle royale will no longer allow Battle Pass purchases with Apex Coins \u2013 real money will be the only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}