You don't hate journos enough. Anyway, 70k players is underwhelming for a AAA game, and given how it already felt to number 23 in the charts, there are reasons to think botting might have been used
It also doesn't tell us anything about the game's longevity. There have been games that have high peaks, but struggle to maintain a high concurrent player count like Starfield. And with a game like Veilguard being in development for 9 years, 70k ain't enough. The current copium going around is that it's not a bomba like Dustborn or Concord.
You don't hate journos enough. Anyway, 70k players is underwhelming for a AAA game, and given how it already felt to number 23 in the charts, there are reasons to think botting might have been used
It also doesn't tell us anything about the game's longevity. There have been games that have high peaks, but struggle to maintain a high concurrent player count like Starfield. And with a game like Veilguard being in development for 9 years, 70k ain't enough. The current copium going around is that it's not a bomba like Dustborn or Concord.