Philip ‘ImperialHal’ Dosen, the TSM star and a well-known figure in the world of Apex Legends, recently spoke out about his worries about the game’s current direction. With fewer people playing the game and less people watching it, he thinks that the game’s developer, Respawn, should learn from what Fortnite is doing to bring back the competitive scene.
Over the last few seasons, more and more people in the Apex Legends community have agreed with this. Many die-hard fans and players think the game needs a big change to stay interesting. A lot of PC players have stopped playing, which makes people worry about how long the game will last.
Redefining Competitive Play: ImperialHal’s Vision for Apex Legends’ Future
Given ImperialHal’s status in the professional scene, his thoughts are especially insightful when it comes to changes that could affect the competitive landscape. After the Season 18 update, he said that Respawn should pay attention to what Epic Games, the company that makes Fortnite, is doing to make their battle royale games more interesting.
During a stream on August 20, ImperialHal brought up an important point: Respawn needs to keep putting out new content. “You can’t just do the same thing for three months and then just add one new character with an update,” he said. He thinks that Apex’s current strategy, which is to add content here and there, won’t work in the long run.
When he talked about competitive play, he said that Apex Legends would do well to copy the Cash Cup system from Fortnite. He said, “There are many ways to get more people interested in the game. It’s not about just one fix.” For ImperialHal, it would be a good idea to give better rewards to people who reach higher ranks.
He went on to explain the link between competitive play and viewership by saying, “The competitive scene is a big part of why people watch the game. Adding Cash Cups, like Fortnite does, could make the game a lot more fun. But he did say that a move like that might have effects on Ranked play.
ImperialHal used data from SullyGnome, a website that keeps track of stats for Twitch channels and games, to prove his point. The data paint a sad picture of Respawn’s battle royale. Since Season 18 started, the number of viewers has gone down.
On the other hand, even though Fortnite‘s viewership isn’t as high as it was a few years ago, it still has a higher average than Apex and its other competitors like Warzone. This suggests that the strategies used in Fortnite may have some good points that Apex could think about.
