This has to be the funniest PR disaster in video game history. “Guy did not forsee players getting mad for locking a gamemode behind a $250 edition, doubles down on it and tells people to chill out”

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    8 months ago

    Source? There’s no publicly available info on player counts other than BSGs word, so I’m calling BS

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      8 months ago

      There is definitely a buzz, the SPT (single player Tarkov mod) servers have been constantly overloaded for days now

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        8 months ago

        Yes but the comment i replied to is insinuating that EFT active players are up despite the community backlash

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          8 months ago

          I believe it. Multiple friends of mine updated to play and see the streets changes when this press cycle hit, a few even shared footage of suspicious noiseless head/eyes deaths while they were in enclosed spaces. If it has been long enough, just the words escape from tarkov will send some fans back, negative experiences suspended.