Rocket League Now Has More Than 50 Million Players Worldwide

I don't own a PlayStation, but my friends who do are still pretty miffed that they can't play with me on my Switch. Has Sony given us a decent reason for why that is yet? D:

For selfishness and stupidity! I'mma play one or two patches on PC before bed....can't wait till I get a Switch.

@Dalarrun Sony has offered almost weekly reasons for why they don't, or won't offer cross-play with other platforms outside PC. It seems to be different depending on who is asked.

@FragRed

They should just flat-out say that they're greedy and don't want to lose money to be honest. /:

@Dalarrun They should just accept that their slogan "For the players" is nothing but a marketing trick that 80 million people fell for. It's never a good thing to be behind Nintendo on something like this, whom are often looked at as the company behind the times.

This makes Rocket League the joint 4th highest selling game of all time. I'm not sure why more isn't made of that.

1.Tetris - 170 million
2. Minecraft - 144 million
3. GTAV - 95 million
4. Rocket League - 50 million
4. PUBG - 50 million
6. Super Mario Bros - 40.2 million

Wii Sports sold over 80 million but that came bundled so doesn't really count. You could also argue that a huge chunk of Tetris sales were because it came bundled with the Gameboy but even if you take those away it would still be in 2nd place.

It's really a fun little game, though I suck at it. Well deserved nunbers!

I love rocket league. Getting a online game is instant no waiting. 24 hours a day

@1UP_MARIO I wish it was for me, I've had to give up on it. Finding a game in my region with the recommend settings on can be impossible at times. Early evening is my best hope but it's usually just 1v1 and even then, it more often than not is a lag fest. When I was in the UK though, it was superb. Like you say, instant matches 24 hours a day.

@saintayu that's because you probably frequent fanboy websites
@OorWullie pubg is definitely not free to play.

@saintayu "but my friends who do are still pretty miffed that they can't play with me on my Switch" I think 'miffed' would imply that they are complaining, whether 'you see them complaining' or not.

@gortsi Ah OK, I didn't know that. I assumed it was like Fortnite. I'll edit my post slightly.

@Dalarrun
Because Sony said, they don't want you to play with peasants from other consoles.🧐

@saintayu The internet was not a thing in the 80's, but now it is. That's a stupid argument. I recommend getting on with the times and embracing the future, rather than thinking that people make up imaginary friends. Everyone can use personal anecdotes, and that's not the point. People can say you don't have a switch either,it can work both ways

@OorWullie yeah I’ll take Thailand over the better internet

It was 50 million before Nintendo Online launched, so I’m guessing they lost a chunk of players as a result of that?

I’m not being negative about it but initially they will probably notice a drop from Switch users during the transition and it will be interesting to see how many of those players they recouperate.

@saintayu my point is, you're conflating completely different issues. As you did just now, bringing up voice chat while people are discussing cross-play. Sorry but moving the goalposts is not my thing

the only thing bad about this game are the microtransaction and lootbox gambling.

Yeah, would be awesome to have crossplay with ALL platforms.Thanks, Sony. #4theplayers amiright? 😂

@OorWullie a large chunk of the rocket league players also got it free on ps+ when it first launched so most of the list outside of GTA5 have had some sort of free be.

The difference between 3 years being Psyonix went from pro consumer to usual AAA anti consumer... I remember reading up an article detailing all how Psyonix turned this fantastic game to a purposely manipulative game in terms of microtransactions...

But hey, just play offline with friends and escape these struggles

a brilliant game, deserves its success.

@Dalarrun Errr, so they "miffed" they can't play RL with you. But you (them) don't care that you can't join in on most of the online games together - because the games are not even on Switch. Cross Play on a F2P game is your biggest problem 🤔

@saintayu

"funny that it's only people on other consoles I hear it from though"

Was going to say the same thing. Most my friends are talking about the RD2 Online announcement.

http://www.siliconera.com/2018/09/19/red-dead-online-announced-and-planned-for-launch-in-november-2018/

Not what F2P games they can't play with me on my Switch.

@Dalarrun Because PS4 is ''The best way to play"

@OorWullie I don't think it's actually sold 50 million copies. RL's Wikipedia page says 'The game... saw over six million sales and 40 million players by the beginning of 2018.'
I'm not sure why there's such a big difference in those two numbers, but I'd imagine the total number of players includes people who share a copy of the game, and as pointed out above, it's been available for free on PS+ before. Regardless, 50 million players is still an impressive achievement!

@Demian_Games

I disagree, but thanks for telling me how to play games Sony.

Yeah, I also totally disagree.

Well...4,999,999 players. I have the game on Switch and Linux using two different accounts.

This game has taken over arms as my most played game. It's so fun. It's the single most reason im getting the online subscription for.

@Quarth
I sucked like the vacuum of space until I realized that there were "advanced" training sessions in the game... so I trained my derrière off. Now I just suck a little, but can hold my own on a team.

@aznable Then I got some training to do too!

@Agramonte

Rocket League isn't free to play. It's also one of the most popular competitive online games and it's something everyone in my Discord group plays and enjoys. Even though the two guys in our group who have PlayStation 4s can't play with us, we still discuss the game and compare our competitive ranks.

As far as Red Dead Redemption 2 goes, I'm sure it's going to be a great game. A game I'm not the least bit interested in, but a great game nonetheless. Rockstar games and open worlds don't interest me unless they're Breath of the Wild or Witcher 3 xD

@saintayu

You really got defensive over me asking a question? I wasn't trying to crap on PlayStation dude, I'm genuinely curious as to why they're the only ones holding cross play so close to their chest. As to what you said about Nintendo Switch Online, while I'm content with the service I am fully okay with it being criticized because I don't own Nintendo stock. You should be able to handle one small criticism towards Sony.

As for PSNow, isn't that a streaming service? I'm sorry, but I personally don't like that. I play a lot of fighting games and any kind of latency can really hurt the experience. I would rather have downloaded NES games than worry about connectivity issues. Just my opinion, though. I really didn't expect anyone to get so sore about my cross play comment. There's only two guys in our group with PlayStations anyway, the rest of us play on PC/Nintendo/Xbox. Anyway I'm sorry if I upset you. ^^

@Dalarrun Yeah man, and so are the other 20 games on that list. Including the top 5 not on Switch - and all the ones in the next 6 months - that I bet some will be "Popular"

So begged the question. Seems interesting how they are "miffed" that they cant play RL with you (and join that 1 board/channel on Discord)... Yet nobody seems to care about all the "popular" games you all missing out with them.

I get that, open world is not for everyone. Just like competitive car driving game or Map based Military shooters. Why always best to have access to a platform that has just about everything with a good dedicated base - so not stuck with what is "available".

@Agramonte

I do have such a platform, it's called a gaming PC. It's like a PS4, only with more options and free online multiplayer.

I don't know why you had to make this about the Switch when all I did was ask a simple question. The rest of us spend our time playing Rainbow Six Siege and Civ on Steam, and the occasional Mario Kart on Switch. I don't know why you're acting like I'm the one who is limited on what he can play when my PlayStation buds are the only ones not playing Rocket League with us lol

Edit: They didn't just randomly join our Discord server, we all met in college. A lot of assumptions you're throwing around here.

@saintayu Oh how wrong you are.
I have a PS4, and bought the PS4 pro. I have a WiiU and a PC. dont even own a switch. So the only current gen console I own is PS4. Everyone on PS4 that knows about crossplay, wants it. The only ones that dont are diehard Sony fanboys that try to rub it in the face of people who(according to them) "Chose the wrong console" and deserve to be punished.

Those guys dont count anyways since they cant come up with a single negative for Crosspay, only positives

@DaDarkyKnight

Yeah, I don't get these people. If I openly criticize Nintendo for their online service, Sony fanboys eat it up and deem anyone who enjoys the service part of an echo chamber, even though the response to the service seems to be mostly negative. I ask a question about why Sony won't allow cross play, and people act like I can't play big AAA games so I have to complain about their handling of Rocket League, a huge game that they downplay and call free to play. It's weird.

@Dalarrun I didn't make it about the Switch. I just asked you a simple question.

You didn't say you had a PC. So if you have a PC - why they asking to play with you on Switch. RL on PC has CrossPlay with PS4, Xbox and Switch. You can just fire up the PC... best RL Version and biggest community.

Not sure where I said you had random people on your Discord channel.

@Agramonte

Unless Rocket League goes on sale, I don't see myself buying it again. I and one of the guys bought it on Switch, and everyone else except the two PlayStation guys have it on Steam. Why tell me what I could do to make up for Sony's lack of cross play? Everyone in our group can play together except for our PlayStation friends, because the PS4 version has the least amount of cross play. It really is that simple. I get that you obviously don't care about cross play, but defending it this hard is insane to me. You made it about the Switch when you said "being stuck with what's available", as if the Switch is the problem here. The fact that Nintendo, the babysitter of videogame companies, is more willing to do cross play with other consoles than PlayStation should tell you something.

@Dalarrun Oh, so you didn't even start RL until it came out on Switch.

I started RL on PC soon after it first came out. Have no intention of loosing all my purchases just to move to Switch. I also can play with everyone in my group seeing how PC has crossplay with PS4.

But we seem to play a lot more AAA online games than you guys do. Everything from Sports, Racing, FPS and yeah Open world games like MH: World, RD2 and Fallout. So "everyone can play together" usually does not include the Switch (you either need a PC or PS4) because Nintendo simply does not have most of them - Cross play or not.

Not sure why you getting so agitated about a few questions. People want to make it "black and white"... but it is not. It all depends what you play and what you play on. And for most, The Switch is a downgrade for Online play.