EA confirms Apex is dying

I've spent the less time playing Apex in S16 & S17 than any other season & haven't played ranked since S10 so I don't believe the lower player count (record lows according to several Youtubers) is the fault of the *-up over ranked changes per se.In my reducing Apex playtime I pretty much junked playing BR mode about 3 seasons ago because of the terrible matchmaking (& I speak as a solo queuer),rampant cheating & the numerous bugs/performance issues & stuck to playing Arenas & LTM modes.Even this season when I've dabbled in BR just when I think my gaming experience in this mode cannot get any worse it does & then some & if anything things have gotten worse. If I'm honest the without Arenas,LTMs & Mixtape I think that Apex could be in a bit of trouble.Content is key with most multiplayers & it took Apex devs a while to realise that the game isn't going to solely survive on just BR mode alone.

Even if I go days without playing Apex I always like listening to the rumour-mill & various news stories of what's happening to the game going forward & the general consensus I get is that I'm not really happy with what's happening with the game at present & going forward.Brand new maps in the game was always a slow process (annually) & according to reports it's going to get even slower & instead just more tinkering around the edges of existing maps (just blow up Broken Moon & start again).No new weapons since like forever & instead of new character in the game every season/other season just re-workings of existing characters just isn't going to expand the player-base or even keep existing players entertained for long.