The Finals Has a “Very Stable and Healthy” Playerbase Across All Platforms; “Strictly Hardware” on Why There’s No XB1 Version Says Embark
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It’s never easy for a live-service game to thrive in today’s video game scene regardless if you’re a free-to-play title or not. With The Finals now out for more than a year, it can be considered as one of the live-service shooter success stories out there.
While we can see The Finals’ player numbers on Steam, we can’t gauge how well it’s doing on consoles.
The Finals Player Base “Healthy” Says Developers
In an exclusive chat with MP1st, we asked straight-up where the most players of The Finals are and whether we could get a breakdown.
While we weren’t given specific numbers, an Embark representative did state, “We’re very happy to say that The Finals has a very stable and healthy playerbase across all our platforms, and that the release of PS4 further grew our playerbase and community!”
For reference, Steam Charts show The Finals as having anywhere from 12,000 to 27,000 playing on Steam depending on the time and if there’s a new update that got released. We’re uncertain whether the PS4, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S playerbases are bigger or smaller in comparison. Even if you put the two consoles’ playerbases together and assume it’s the same as the PC numbers, it’s not bad at all — especially considering how many games are competing directly with The Finals.
No Xbox One Version of The Finals Planned
In case you didn’t know, The Finals was released on PS4 in December 2024, which got us asking whether there are plans for an Xbox One version.
Embark, in response, said, “This actually comes down to strictly hardware. While getting The Finals to run in a stable and enjoyable way on PS4 is already a technical marvel – doing the same for Xbox One just wasn’t something which is feasible right now.”
If you’re hoping the Xbox One gets a version of the F2P shooter, that won’t be happening anytime soon.
In the same chat, Embark told us they see The Finals as “still being here” and thriving in 3-5 years. For those playing The Finals, do you feel the game’s playerbase is healthy and at a stable place? Sound off in the comments and let us know.
Stay tuned to our full interview, which will hit the site very, very soon.
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