In the wake of Dragon Age: The Veilguard's launch, Origins has seen a 76 percent spike in players on Steam, reaching a peak concurrent player count of 2,642.
It's an impressive milestone, surpassing even its 2010 launch which saw it reach 2,278 players.
That number appears to be dipping again, but the player count has spiked every weekend since The Veilguard launched (via SteamDB), so it'll be interesting to see how things look this time next month. Regardless, there are more numbers to crunch, so let's look at the rest of the series.
Dragon Age 2 actually fared better in the run-up to The Veilguard's launch. Throughout June to August, it regularly reached over 1,000 players (marking its all-time concurrent peak player count with 1,421), but it has since dropped down to 698 players in the last 30 days.
Companions like Wyll work because they're surrounded by selfish and more spiteful people, but The Veilguard never seems to grasp that.
Inquisition also did better in the build-up to launch, hitting an all-time peak of 4,964 players back in June. It quieted down in the months since, dropping to 3,107 players by September, but it has seen a small...
