The picture for Gears 5, released the same week (unless you bought the Ultimate Edition), is very different with a peak concurrent player total of just 10,196 on Steam – which is pretty pathetic for a major new release. If we do, it will probably be a time-limited key.

Best numbers in Gearbox history! No promises, but we *might* be ready for me to try a SHiFT code test with the Golden Key system tomorrow. Incredible day with new peak concurrency (and climbing). That’s not exactly comparing like-for-like, but with numbers increasing on the second day it’s clearly a success – despite reports of serious technical issues with the PC version.