Uh oh, Suicide Squad’s Steam launch numbers are less than half of the ill-fated Marvel’s Avengers'

Both games feature live service elements that not many players want.

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For one, there’s the simple difference in brand recognition. Sure, the Suicide Squad is popular these days thanks to the DC films, but it still isn’t at Avengers-level popularity. Marvel’s Avengers launched a year after Avengers: Endgame, too, so it could have easily ridden the coattails of one of the most successful movies of all time. There’s also a growing sense of live service fatigue , as every game under the sun is desperate to capitalise on a trend where players can only fit so many games they’re meant to play constantly in their lives. And of course, this doesn’t reflect console numbers either, as it could be performing better there.

Suicide Squad does have a range of post-launch content planned, including a Joker expansion that will bring in a version of the clown prince of crime from another universe, but whether that’ll be enough to bring the numbers up is anyone’s guess.

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