The No Man's Sky Update Pushes the Game to the Top of Steam Cards

In Brief: In the history of the game, few titles have managed to generate as much hype before crushing so loudly like No Man's Sky. But now, about 22 months since it's been released to almost universal condemnation, the space exploration simulation has challenged the odds and climbed to the top of the steam charts, all thanks to the update next.

In 2016, the anticipation on No Man's Sky was so high that developer Hello Games received death threats when a seven-week deadline was announced. The game proved to be very popular at launch, reaching over 212,000 players on Steam, but that number dropped drastically as players could not find the pre-release videos and lacked important elements such as the multiplayer

many felt that they had been lying about what he was offering. A crowd of buyers have begun to claim refunds, while the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has received 23 complaints that "the content of the game was not described or described ". The fallout prompted Valve to ban bullshots from its steam lists. regularly mocked on social media. A little more than a month after his arrival, the number of simultaneous players falls to less than 1000.

But despite the failure, Hello Games and its founder, Sean Murray, never play on No Man & Sky, publishing several updates (Foundation, Path Finder, and Atlas Rises) that improved the game by adding elements such as basic construction and land vehicles. But it was the fourth and last update of last week, Next, which changed everything.

With so many new features and graphic revisions, Next has turned No Man's Sky into a game that people have been waiting for in 2016. Plus, the critical aspect has now been fully implemented: multiplayer. The update has seen NMS climb to the top of the Steam charts and is currently the seventh most popular game on the platform, with 90,651 simultaneous players today (at the time of writing). In addition, Steam's critics have gone from Mixed to Very Positive, with 82% of the last 30 days being positive.

It's been a trip to No Man's Sky, which proves persistence and perseverance can pay off in the end.