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Publication date of the original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-11-30 23:54 (JST)
Translated by. Nick Mosier<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


On November 30, the Steam version of Capcom Arcade Stadium<\/strong><\/em> suddenly saw a huge jump in players. At the time of this writing (Nov. 30 11pm JST), the number of concurrent players has climbed to over 480,000, and the game is currently the 3rd<\/sup> most popular title on the platform. But there\u2019s something a little suspicious about the sudden rush of \u201cplayers\u201d the game is receiving.
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Capcom Arcade Stadium<\/em> is a collection of classic Capcom titles with added features like rewind and save states. The base game can be downloaded for free and comes with 1943: The Battle of Midway<\/em> included, with other games being available through DLC. There are a total of 32 available titles, including Ghosts \u2018N Goblins<\/em>, Dynasty Wars<\/em>, Street Fighter II<\/em>, and Progear<\/em>. There are also DLC bundles available where games are divided by genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game was first released on the Nintendo Switch February of this year, with Steam, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One releases following in May. If we look at the number of concurrent players when the game released on Steam, we do see that it reached over 600. But since then, the game has steadily only been in the double digits as far as concurrent players goes. To put it frankly, it\u2019s not played a lot. However, there was a massive jump on November 30.
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The Steam version suddenly jumped to over 10,000 players, and then to 100,000 over the course of a few hours. The hours that followed saw the game reach nearly 500,000 concurrent players. As mentioned earlier, the game was the 3rd<\/sup> most played game on Steam at the time, passing the likes of even Apex Legends<\/em> and PUBG<\/em>. But why the sudden increase in players? The answer isn\u2019t totally clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While being able to play 1943<\/em> for free is certainly enticing, that\u2019s been the case since launch. And while there was a Black Friday DLC sale, there\u2019s a bit of a gap between the start of the sale on November 25, and the jump in players. Capcom Arcade Stadium<\/em> also doesn\u2019t look to have been an especially hot topic on social media, and there hasn\u2019t been a jump in Twitch viewers, so it\u2019s hard to imagine why so many players would suddenly start playing the game all at once.
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If you're wondering why Capcom Arcade Stadium has over 400k players, it's bots idling cards. https:\/\/t.co\/Wk4Sz7C4uH<\/a><\/p>— xPaw (@thexpaw) November 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>