With Amazon having launched its “Fallout” TV series to critical success and much hype last week, it looks as though the show is already having a wider impact on the part of the franchise that birthed it.
SteamDB indicates that a number of games in the “Fallout” series have seen a large increase in concurrent player counts on Steam following its release with some more than tripling their usual numbers.
“Fallout 4” has seen the biggest leap – going from weekend peaks of around 20,000 – 24,000 for the past six months to 83,491 on Sunday.
“Fallout 76” also saw a large jump in numbers, jumping from 13,000 players to 39,455 on Sunday and breaking its all-time peak concurrent player count.
“Fallout: New Vegas” and “Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition” also saw jumps of over triple their usual numbers. Bethesda smartly launched a sale on “Fallout” games with the show’s arrival which has also resulted in a big jump in sales for titles in the franchise.
Bethesda also recently announced that it will be releasing a next-gen upgrade for “Fallout 4” on April 25th with 60fps performance modes on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S along with additional fidelity improvements. New quests are also being added.
Meanwhile the TV series is expected to proceed with a second season, with production moving from New York & Utah to California as part of a tax incentive.
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