Xbox Game Pass users are living in exciting times. And is that waiting for Forza Horizon 5 and Halo Infinite to arrive in the few weeks that remain of the year, Age of Empires IV is delighting fans of real-time strategy. The game has arrived on PC via Xbox Game Pass for PC, but also on other platforms such as Steam. Thanks to that, Age of Empires IV achieves the record for the highest number of simultaneous players in the entire series, as confirmed by industry analyst Benji Sales, who has specified the exact numbers for this milestone.
Age of Empires IV has set a new all time concurrent players record for the franchise on Steam
AOE IV – 54,127 (and climbing)
AOE 2DE – 38,725
AOE 2 – 27,927
AOE 3DE – 20,146
AOE 3 – 9,490
AOE DE – 2,708Awesome result, especially considering its available Day 1 on Game Pass pic.twitter.com/XF56byvWia
– Benji-Sales (@BenjiSales) October 28, 2021
According to the data that you can see just above these lines, Age of Empires has already reached the number of 54,127 simultaneous users only on Steam, far surpassing the second classified, Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition, which remained at 38,725 players. The third step of the podium is occupied by himself Age of Empires 2, but in its normal version. It reached 27,927 at the time. As Benji Sales points out, the data is especially striking considering that Age of Empires IV has arrived at launch and at no additional cost for users of Xbox Game Pass for PC, which again shows that Game pass It not only serves as an exhibitor of great games for the public, but also as a claim to get hold of those you like.
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The analyst points out in his message that the figure is growing, so this does not seem to be the ceiling of Age of Empires IV yet, which has started on a very good footing both among users and among the specialized critic. Keeping the essence of the franchise and incorporating some new features so that the formula remains fresh, the highly anticipated Age of Empires IV is now available on PC, also through Xbox Game Pass for PC, and with some rumors indicating that it could reach Xbox consoles in the future, as happened with Microsoft Flight Simulator this year.