Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Gets Player Count Spike Thanks to Meme
Player counts for single-player games are almost always expected to dwindle at some point. Usually this is because there are only so many hours that most people are willing to put into a game before deciding it is time for it to go back on the shelf until the desire for a replay surfaces. Elden Ring has seen its player base drop significantly since its release, for example, but many admit that this is mostly due to a lot of players finishing the game's main content.
It is rarer for a single-player title, especially one that has been out for nearly ten years, to see a huge boom in its player count. However, this is currently the case for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, a spin-off action game from the Metal Gear series developed by PlatinumGames, the studio behind Bayonetta and Nier: Automata. While Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance received positive reviews when it was released, very few could've predicted that the game would see a player count spike nine years later.
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However, this is the case, and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is currently seeing a player increase of 1000% and peak achievement activity across all platforms. A lot of fans and gamers are left with the question of how this could happen. As is often the case with a random piece of media returning to popularity, fans can attribute the sudden interest in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance to memes.
From videos baiting people with one form of content to then show them the boss fight between Raiden and Sam, to parodies of the fight against Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance's main villain Senator Armstrong, there are plenty of funny videos and memes centered around the action game. This has led old fans to try out
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