What Went Wrong With Multiversus?

Well, no one said keeping up a historic start was easy or simple.  Multiversus was met with massive amounts of hype upon its announcement, and the excitement carried all the way into a record-breaking launch.  But just half a year later, its momentum has collapsed, its growth has been stalled by numerous flaws, and its playerbase has dwindled to a fraction of what it once was.

So...what went wrong?

Let's look closely at how the game has done since last August, examining its content slowdown, the deep-seated issues with its fighters' movesets, and the problems inherent to its competitive-focused design and live service model that it's failed so far to address.  Will the developers at Player First Games be able to right the ship before Multiversus becomes a dead game?  We shall see.
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