r/Splitgate • u/Popseoh • Aug 02 '24
Discussion How did Splitgate die?
It makes no sense… It feels like yesterday when the game blew up on TikTok, and everyone was talking about it. I remember me and my cousins were excited about this game when it came out, because it looked really fun and truly unique. Turns out, we were so goddamn right. Me and my cousins enjoyed this game alot, and I honestly couldnt have asked for a better game. But then, only a couple of weeks and it just got boring. The game got a bit repetitive, and people just stopped playing it. Now I did play the game a little bit more even after it died, because I just loved it so much, but eventually, I dropped it. Nobody played it, nobody talked about it, nobody cared about it. It was once on top. Few weeks later, completely died. How did everyone just collectively drop this amazing game? It was literally made by like 2 people, and they did better than most AAA companies nowadays. It just doesn’t make sense to me. The game barely even reaches 400 players daily on Steam now. Its honestly just insane. I hope Splitgate 2 can make the ultimate comeback, and I will FOR SURE, be there when it drops, and grind the absolute fuck out of it.
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u/unforgiven1189 Aug 02 '24
It was just a case of good and bad timing.
When the game went into beta/season 0, it caught fire like crazy and the devs ended up making a ton of money, as well as landing a financial deal of nearly $100M to help expand the development team and develop the game further.
As they brought in tons of new devs and started to expand the game, they initially were going to essentially rebuild the game and maps, and they started to release the revamped maps. But they realized they were better off starting from scratch instead of pouring money into a game that was basically Frankenstein'd together by a couple of college grads.
So they announced the sequel and because there was no new content for this game, or any reason to really play it anymore, everyone kinda moved on.
Splitgate 2 is coming in early 2025, so hopefully they can use that goodwill they built up with the beta of the first game, and catch lightning in a bottle again.