The First Descendant appeared in July last year and after a good start, some platforms are already disconnected … to “increase the players' satisfaction”.
The Free-to-Play Loot-Shooter The First Descendant actually had a pretty good start in July 2024 and, above all, drew attention to himself due to the indexing, skin-free, skin-tight costumes of the female characters. 10 million players in the first week and strong numbers of players on Steam actually meadow towards a rosy future, but now everyday life has caught up with the game and The First Descendant has gone more or less in the sinking.
Nexon does not pull the plug on the game, but ends the support for the old PS4 and Xbox One consoles, for which the game was still released. From June 19, it should no longer be possible to play The First Descendant on these platforms. After all, thanks to Cross-Save functionality, you can continue to use your scores on other platforms.
As a reason, it is mentioned that the extended scope of the game among the old consoles has reached the technical limits and the maintenance of the builds for PS4 and Xbox One has increased increased. The step to disconnect the old consoles should now “increase the satisfaction of the players”. In view of the sunken number of players, however, it is also reasonable to assume that the company for the old consoles is simply no longer profitable.
The First Descendant was only able to inspire us to a limited extent: “The first descendant is currently a in co-op mode of entertaining free-to-play-looter shooters in the Warframe style with reasonably solid mechanics, but also some technical hooks. The main problem is likely to be the long-term motivation, because everything is quickly mutilating to a blunt, repetitive ball or Approval of variety.
