Marvel’s Avengers' All-Access Weekend continues today with incentives and rewards such as 4x bonus experience points and the return of the Tachyon Anomaly Event. During the event, fans may also purchaseMarvel’s Avengersat a 40% discount along with other significant price cuts on cosmetics and items in the game’s marketplace. Because the All-Access Weekend is free-to-play this weekend across almost all platforms thatMarvel’s Avengersis available on, fans are encouraged to freely experience the new content that has been added since launch.
Ultimately, the All-Access Weekend has provided an incentive for players to get their hands onMarvel’s Avengersbefore theupcoming War for Wakanda DLCreleases. With many fans either returning toMarvel’s Avengersor giving it a fair shot while it is free, the game’s player count has seen spikes and rises on different platforms. Recent data shows howMarvel’s Avengers' concurrent player-base on Steam has been affected by the free-to-play weekend.
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Steam’s data charts showcase a considerable spike in PC players that has been maintained over the weekend. Steam’s data also documents a record of concurrent playerssinceMarvel’s Avengers' launch, which had an all-time peak of 31,165 players. Since Thursday, the concurrent player count has increased at a gradual consistency with high spikes throughout. A 24-hour peak statistic shares thatMarvel’s Avengershas averaged a player count of 10,224. These statistics are sure to change as the weekend rounds out and the numbers are crunched, but it is an impressive player count nonetheless that demonstrates the success of the game’s free-to-play weekend.
The days precedingMarvel’s Avengers' All-Access Weekendhave seen an average of around 500 players, meaning that the event has been a direct cause in Steam’s increased player count. Moreover,Marvel’s Avengers' free-to-play weekend offers fans who have opted for a console edition to now see what the game is like on PC. Of course, it is unsurprising thatMarvel’s Avengerswould struggle more on any platform other than PlayStation. Post-launch DLC has promised that the PS4 and PS5 editions ofMarvel’s Avengerswould be worth the wait, with Spider-Man teased as a PlayStation-exclusive character. As a result, many fans have presumably purchased a copy ofMarvel’s Avengersfor PS4 or PS5 rather than PC.
Because progress will carry over from the free-to-play event ifplayers purchaseMarvel’s Avengers, it will be interesting to see if the number of PC players will remain as high as it is now once the weekend is over. Fans will have until 9 AM PT tomorrow morning before the event officially closes on PlayStation, Steam, and Stadia. Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S players, unfortunately, do not have access to the event, but Square Enix has stated that there are plans to conduct an individual event for Xbox players “in the coming months.”
Marvel’s Avengersis available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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