Nexon is ending support for its third-person looter shooter The First Descendant on PS4 and Xbox One.
The free-to-play sci-fi-flavoured release came out last year across Xbox, PlayStation and PC. It got off to a decent enough start, and in the first week welcomed 10 million players into the fray. Things have petered off since then, with SteamDB data showing an average of 8,227 concurrent players on Valve’s platform in February. Its peak concurrent player average was 123,352 in July last year, but this dropped to an average of 54,662 concurrents by August.
Nexon is going to keep supporting The First Descendant, however it has now announced it will be ending support for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players from 19th June, which is just shy of its first anniversary. The game will also be delisted from the platforms (thanks, TheGamer).
According to Nexon, it has decided to stop supporting the last generation of consoles in a bid to keep “increasing player satisfaction”. The developer said it had “increased the scale” of The First Descendant, and this meant the team was facing difficulties “maintaining the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One builds”.
Those who are playing The First Descendant on either a PS4 or Xbox One will still be able to transfer their progress to other platforms via The First Descendant’s cross-save functionality.
End of support for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles | June 19th
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On its release last year, Nexon found itself having to respond to claims the iconography of The First Descendant was strikingly similar to icons found in another sci-fi release, after players identified a surprising number of similarities between the icons and weapons used in the free-to-play sci-fi shooter and Destiny 2.
The designs in questions were subsequently removed from the game “with deep affection and respect” for other “looter shooters”.