Game is dying. ADD BATTLEPASS NOW!

[Hadley333]

Yikes. Almost 1/3 of ppl playing game compared to only 13 days ago! Not good. No one is joining my game.

I'm dead serious here - I'd pay 10 bucks a month if it meant i could grind for armor and cosmetics that make my character more unique, esp if the armor was actually worth a damn unlike it is now.

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but guess what...before you judge this did you pay an extra 30 bucks to play this game a couple of days early? I didn't. And you know what that DLC will be like right? I'd rather spend that 30 bucks on 3 months worth of content that will keep the game in a healthy state.

[Trichouette]

Is this another bait thread ?
You won't get my steam points this time eheh

[Hadley333]

Publicado originalmente por Trichouette:

Is this another bait thread ?
You won't get my steam points this time eheh

Nope. those points are useless unless they can help be buy games. I don't mind battlepass when done right. Lots games do, lots of games don't.

[Just Life]

This isn't a live service game. For some people they've done what they wanted to do ingame. Others like myself aren't done till they collect almost every weapons and items.

You don't need a battle pass or any other daily quest like agenda to tell you what to do. Make your own fun and enjoy it your way. If you feel like you're done, then that is it. Play a different game till the DLC is released or try something different in Remnant 2 like 100% complete it or a hardcore no damage run. A lot of Souls like game community do a lot of crazy self imposed challenges all for the fun of it(If you can call doing some of those crazy thing fun).

[✰N0ni✰]

Battlepasses are a bad, lazy business practice and it does not belong in this game. New armor/guns etc need to be made available to everyone, not just for a limited run. I paid extra to play a few days in advance because i enjoyed the first game.

Population naturally declines after release, this is common with anything even from bigger name companies... a "battlepass" will only bring back so many for so long, not to mention 10 bucks a month turns into hundreds fast... but why when we only have 2 variants of 3 biomes?

[Hadley333]

Publicado originalmente por Just Life:

This isn't a live service game. For some people they've done what they wanted to do ingame. Others like myself aren't done till they collect almost every weapons and items.

You don't need a battle pass or any other daily quest like agenda to tell you what to do. Make your own fun and enjoy it your way. If you feel like you're done, then that is it. Play a different game till the DLC is released or try something different in Remnant 2 like 100% complete it or a hardcore no damage run. A lot of Souls like game community do a lot of crazy self imposed challenges all for the fun of it(If you can call doing something of those crazy thing fun).

Nothing wrong with live service as long as it can be a choice and doesn't give an advantage.

[Erudite Xed]

Even if the decline is real and unusual as you claim (not going to bother checking), your idea is still bad because you're advocating for paying for something that was already present in the first game. With all the nonsense going on in gaming, brainlessly encouraging companies to remove aspects of games to sell you later, repeatedly, for years, is NOT going to help anyone in the long run.

[Hadley333]

Publicado originalmente por Bygone Era:

Even if the decline is real and unusual as you claim (not going to bother checking), your idea is still bad because you're advocating for paying for something that was already present in the first game. With all the nonsense going on in gaming, brainlessly encouraging companies to remove aspects of games to sell you later, repeatedly, for years, is NOT going to help anyone in the long run.

110,000 13 days ago. only 40k on a Saturday night.

[Trichouette]

Publicado originalmente por Hadley333:

Publicado originalmente por Bygone Era:

Even if the decline is real and unusual as you claim (not going to bother checking), your idea is still bad because you're advocating for paying for something that was already present in the first game. With all the nonsense going on in gaming, brainlessly encouraging companies to remove aspects of games to sell you later, repeatedly, for years, is NOT going to help anyone in the long run.

110,000 13 days ago. only 40k on a Saturday night.

Who gives a f*ck
I can still play the game solo or with friends. That's all that matters.
The game cannot "die" because it's not a "live service game"
It doesn't require a steady amount of players.

[Hadley333]

Publicado originalmente por Trichouette:

Publicado originalmente por Hadley333:

110,000 13 days ago. only 40k on a Saturday night.

Who gives a f*ck
I can still play the game solo or with friends. That's all that matters.
The game cannot "die" because it's not a "live service game"
It doesn't require a steady amount of players.

I care. I like having ppl join my game and theyr'e not anymore. I can also play diablo solo but it's more fun online ya know.

[Trichouette]

Publicado originalmente por Hadley333:

Publicado originalmente por Trichouette:

Who gives a f*ck
I can still play the game solo or with friends. That's all that matters.
The game cannot "die" because it's not a "live service game"
It doesn't require a steady amount of players.

I care. I like having ppl join my game and theyr'e not anymore. I can also play diablo solo but it's more fun online ya know.

Then find some friends lol

[Emprah]

This game had a large surge of players at launch, and after players have gotten their teeth into it, they've taken a break to play some of the other games that have dropped. It's a busy season for gaming. The bulk of my friends list that were playing Remnant have jumped onto Baldur's Gate 3.

This is just how it goes. Another massively anticipated game got its full release. We'll see surges in activity as each DLC drops. This isn't a live service game. It is meant to be played and beaten. It's perfectly fine for the game population to dip.

[Barbarian]

38 282 playing the game now. And it is weekend.

[Just Life]

Publicado originalmente por Hadley333:

Publicado originalmente por Just Life:

This isn't a live service game. For some people they've done what they wanted to do ingame. Others like myself aren't done till they collect almost every weapons and items.

You don't need a battle pass or any other daily quest like agenda to tell you what to do. Make your own fun and enjoy it your way. If you feel like you're done, then that is it. Play a different game till the DLC is released or try something different in Remnant 2 like 100% complete it or a hardcore no damage run. A lot of Souls like game community do a lot of crazy self imposed challenges all for the fun of it(If you can call doing something of those crazy thing fun).

Nothing wrong with live service as long as it can be a choice and doesn't give an advantage.

The main reason for a game to be a live service it to retain a playerbase with underhanded method. Fear of Missing Out, Daily Quest, Battle Passes to artificially and cheaply force game play time.

There will be a point where you aren't playing a game to enjoy, you're playing it due to all the time and investment you've done and can't stop or else it will feel like it will be all for nothing.

[Handbanana]

Publicado originalmente por Hadley333:

Yikes. Almost 1/3 of ppl playing game compared to only 13 days ago! Not good. No one is joining my game.

I'm dead serious here - I'd pay 10 bucks a month if it meant i could grind for armor and cosmetics that make my character more unique, esp if the armor was actually worth a damn unlike it is now.

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but guess what...before you judge this did you pay an extra 30 bucks to play this game a couple of days early? I didn't. And you know what that DLC will be like right? I'd rather spend that 30 bucks on 3 months worth of content that will keep the game in a healthy state.

40k people still in game even with other things launching and coming out in the weeks since the game came out is still extremely good. That is just how games work. They come out and people play and beat them and then move on to the next game. The fact this game has maintained as much of the population it has is a very good sign.

No game in history has ever maintained its first week or weekend high population.

Over 50% of people have stopped playing BG3 since its release. Is that game dead also? Every game has a troll like this.

Also its a buy to play game. That means you can set it down and come back whenever you want. Right now I am playing a BG3 run. I do a little bit of dark and darker every day and I join in an adventure or two in this game with friends probably on average every other day. Soon we will have star field to play as well. Diablo 4 is you are really desperate. Also play star citizen a few times a week with other friends.

There is no shortage of games to play and you don't have to divert all of your focus 100% into one game. If I put this game down for two days while I do something else its still going to be here when I come back.

[Trichouette]

Publicado originalmente por Just Life:

Publicado originalmente por Hadley333:

Nothing wrong with live service as long as it can be a choice and doesn't give an advantage.

The main reason for a game to be a live service it to retain a playerbase with underhanded method. Fear of Missing Out, Daily Quest, Battle Passes to artificially and cheaply force game play time.

There will be a point where you aren't playing a game to enjoy, you're playing it due to all the time and investment you've done and can't stop or else it will feel like it will be all for nothing.

Absolutely.
But you forgot one thing, these games need a continuous flow of money to keep servers online.
It would be completely fine if they didn't use scam such as battlepass and other FOMO inducing methods, but they do.