Jedi Runner 2 was definitely a surprise for Sony this year, as a large number of Jedi Runners were involved in the protection of Super Earth at the beginning of the game's release, and even overcrowded the game servers. Despite the impressive start, developer Arrowhead Game Studios shouldn't have to worry about server stress anymore because it's "stress-free". According to data compiled by SteamDB, the Steam version of Jedi Submarine 2 has lost about 90% of its players.
According to SteamDB, the peak number of players in Jedi Submarine 2 in the past 24 hours was 44,000, which is about 90% less than the game's peak of 458,000 players in February.
As a service game, a large number of players are dissatisfied with the slow content update of Jedi Submarine 2. At the same time, for PC players, Sony's forced PSN bundling incident added fuel to the fire. After Sony announced in May that the Jedi Submarine 2 would be mandatory to link a PSN account, the peak number of players on Steam has dropped by 64%. Although Sony announced the cancellation of the PSN bundle soon after, the game itself was still removed from more than 170 countries and regions that do not support PSN service. It can be said that it has fundamentally affected the potential player base of "Jedi Submarine 2". Slow content updates and Sony's hard-line community policies have left players worried about the long-term performance of Sony's service-based games.