Fallout Games Attract 5 Million Users in One Day Due to Popularity Surge
TV show does the business.
Almost five million players were immersed in a Fallout game across a single day as a result of the TV show's popularity, Bethesda has revealed. Without saying when — but presumably on the weekend — the franchise's official Twitter profile shared that more than one million people played Fallout 76 within a single 24-hour period. Then, when taking the entire RPG series into account, there were nearly five million users on that same day.
Of course, this is all because of the huge spike in interest the IP has garnered off the back of its TV adaptation that was produced by Amazon Prime. Following many favourable reviews — including our own glowing verdict — the first season has become one of the most popular series on television right now. A second batch of episodes has already been given the green light, so while its audience waits, fans have been returning to the older games in their droves.
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