The latest game in the classic robbery series “Payday 3” (Chinese translation: Payday) is a fun robbery and shooting game, but the server connection failure and matching error problem has caused the game’s evaluation on Steam to go from bad to worse. Now it is developed Starbreeze came out to explain the situation and emphasized that it is currently considering the possibility of “offline mode”.
according toOfficial Announcementthe peak number of cross-platform players of “Payday 3” reached 218,250, the number of active players (DAU) reached 1,347,510, and the Nebula server had 3,794,172 registered players.
The official explanation is that due to such a large number of players, the online matchmaking system of “Payday 3” encountered unexpected errors. Even if partners conducted software updates last weekend, the server instability was still unable to be resolved. The CEO emphasized in the announcement that they are confident in the quality of the game and will do their best to repair the situation to ensure the player experience and regain the trust of the community.
Of course, the player community has little confidence in the Nebula server’s forced connection matching mechanism. To this day, “Payday 3″‘s favorable rating on Steam has dropped to 32%, with mostly negative reviews in red letters. Overseas players have criticized this It is a “main screen waiting simulator”, and the Chinese community has spread the saying “Payday 3 ❌, team three ✅”.
Faced with the problem of forced connection, Starbreeze CEO Tobias Sjögren understands that this is a problem caused by the current connection mechanism, and he left a message on the X platform (formerly known as Twitter) that the partners are considering adding some form of offline mode, hoping that this can Alleviating the current matchmaking disaster.
Recommendation; ”Game pass” is better than ”hard pass”… 😉
Jokes aside, been communicated by Andreas for example that team is looking at possibility to add some sort of offline mode.
— Tobias Sjögren (@tobiassjogren) September 24, 2023
Although the content scale is not as large as that of the previous game, “Payday 3” is better than the previous game in terms of levels and plot performance. However, the server matching failure and error issues in recent days have caused criticism from the community. If Starbreeze wants to restore its reputation, Starbreeze must fix the offline mode as soon as possible.
