Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Payday 2 should have died years ago, but somehow Overkill and Starbreeze have been able to keep it above 30,000+ concurrent players. How?

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:58 - The History of Payday
5:15 - Sponsor
6:51 - The Launch of Payday 2
8:43 - The Golden Age
10:39 - The Secret
12:55 - The First Decline
15:35 - Strike 1
19:16 - Strike 2
21:52 - Strike 3
28:13 - Why Payday 2 Won
33:59 - Payday 2 Today
37:55 - The Legacy of Payday 2

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