Defying conventional wisdom, ARC Raiders is only getting more popular as weeks go by following its release. Embark Studios' extraction shooter had a significant amount of excitement behind it from those who played in pre-release technical and server tests, but it was set to release into what was still considered a fairly niche genre that is notoriously unfriendly to casual players. A core audience was clearly anticipating ARC Raiders , but a perfect storm seems to have given the game an opportunity to become a smash hit.

It's difficult to predict whether a new IP from a studio that's only released one other game ( The Finals ) will see much success. The live service market is famously volatile as well; juggernauts like Call of Duty and Counter-Strike dominate the shooter sce

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