Apex 2.0

Agreed.

Going by what they've done over the last two seasons, and what they've announced for the upcoming season, I would say that there will probably be a lot of flashy and attention-grabbing changes that will ultimately be detrimental to gameplay, and possibly also to retention. Although retention is dropping for a lot of reasons, so maybe their "everything but the kitchen sink" approach really is the right answer. All I know is that I didn't like the rift relic fiasco, I didn't like the support meta, and I won't like the upcoming assault meta. The one bright spot on the horizon is the new weapon availability mechanic. I very much like the idea of being able to get my preferred weapons more or less on demand. Honestly, if I get to third circle and I still haven't found a tripletake then it's usually an express trip back to the lobby. Playing with weapons I don't like or have any confidence in has just lost all appeal. But any way you slice it, two years is a LONG TIME to wait for substantive change.

Time will tell.

Ah I see, yeah just read into it and it seems interesting.

From what Andrew has said, it seems indeed silly that he wants it in 2027, at that point there definitely isn't much left from the playerbase, especially with how it has currently been going.

Of course it's possible that Respawn/EA has a lot of great updates in store that could turn it around, but I can definitely see that at this point in time, that it doesn't seem likely for the game to hold on all the way up to 2027 unless something drastic is done.

I know how it went with Overwatch 2, you can't exactly make an overhaul without taking resources off the current live-service game. So if this will be happening, we will also see Apex become worse up until the point they release the update. An Update that is not guaranteed to bring players back / satisfy the community.

I think this is a really risky play of them, and I think it'll likely do more harm than good. Since I don't know their exact plans, who knows what'll happen. But as with Overwatch 2, I realllly do not like what I'm hearing so far.

Yes, Andrew Wilson confirmed on an investor call that there is a roadmap for "Apex 2.0" But don't think it's any time soon and don't think it's a new game. It will be an overhaul, probably not as substantial as we'd like or as substantial as the game needs. And it won't happen before the new Battlefield which drops next year. So Apex 2.0 sometime in 2027. That's a long time for this game to limp forward, imo. My question for Wilson would be this: If we take the downward revenue trajectory of the last two seasons and extrapolate forward to 2027, will there even be enough of a player base left to justify the costs of an overhaul no matter how humble the scale?

I personally haven't heard any news of it (Both Unofficial and Official)

It wouldn't make much sense for EA/Respawn to work on a completely new version of Apex, unless they were doing a big overhaul of the engine or other technical section that would require the game to be "remade".

Though Apex has commented before (Around a year ago) in a Reddit AMA that it would be a massive undertaking that would pull critical resources from the live-service game.
So this likely means that it would result in the current game dipping in quality, and probably see a huge reduction in playcount soon after.

So I personally believe it's quite unlikely for them to do something like that.