VR Game Gains Popularity Thanks to a Certain Battle Royale Title
The VR game Apex Construct, developed by the independent studio Fast Travel Games, has been enjoying a burst of popularity recently. All thanks to some people who mistook the game for the recent free-to-play shooter hit – Apex Legends.
As Andreas Juliusson, the marketing and communications specialist at Fast Travel Games, revealed at Reddit, that since the launch of Apex Legends on February 4, the number of visits on Apex Construct card in the Steam store has increased by as much as 4000%. In addition, more VR games were sold in China during the week than throughout the entire 2018. Apparently, tthe fact that they need to pay for the game didn't raise the suspicions of those who thought they are buying Respawn Entertainment's battle royale (which, as we know is free), neither did the fact that it is only available on Valve's platform (while Apex Legends was released by Electronic Arts and can be found on Origin). It also didn't help that Apex Construct has had a demo version recently, thanks to which you can check what this production is like before you spend your money.
This misunderstanding caused Apex Construct to receive a lot of negative reviews on Steam. Most of them come from Chinese s who accused Fast Travel Games studio of fraud. Of course, nothing like that happened, as the VR title is almost a year older than Apex Legends. The Swedes are currently in with Steam staff to clarify the situation.
What is the morale of this story? When shopping, always make sure that you are adding the right game to your shopping basket. As far as Respawn Entertainment is concerned, the team can be proud of itself. They managed to create a game people are ready and willing to spend money on, even though it's free.
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