Embark's Patrick Söderlund and Aleksander Grøndal explain why they slowed Arc Raiders down after its launch success.
The success problem: Day-one retention hit about 80%, but players were done with the content at around 100 hours. Söderlund says that is still a reasonable return for $40.
The slowdown: Embark stopped monthly drops and went back to the drawing board. Söderlund says it was a hard call, and he is now confident in it after the Frozen Trail update.
The PvE test: Last month, a toggle that stopped players hurting each other drew heavy interest, with almost 50% of rounds played on the PvE server. Embark is still going through the data.
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Embark's Patrick Söderlund and Aleksander Grøndal explain why they slowed Arc Raiders down after its launch success.