#Purple

Aion 2 Hits 400K Concurrent Players at Launch—But Can It Hold Them?

NCSoft announces a peak of 400,000 concurrent players for Aion 2's global launch on October 5, split between Steam and Purple, its proprietary launcher. A spectacular start that revives an eighteen-year-old franchise, but one that says nothing yet about its ability to retain players long-term, the terrain where recent MMOs consistently stumble.