Alot of players leaving

[Imhigh]

I noticed alot of players have left so far. My friends all stop playing and gave up on it and were down to less then half the launch population. Any ideas to how we can save this game?

[WobbyWob]

I have a cheater or multiple people clearly exploiting aim assist in every game now. It's just not fun any more

[type b cluster entreprenuer]

Originally posted by Netsa:

Originally posted by Ninja Pawden Black on X3box:

im stressed out thinking this, my stream has been popping off because of this game and everyone has had a good time with it in my chat, this is like peak game and low-key I might stop streaming if it dies.

Your stream is fine. Numbers during the week aren't as high as they are on the weekends, and we're still at 90k 24h peak. Games like this die slowly, not quickly, despite what the OP thinks is going on, and streamers have made their marks with games that have way less players. As long as you still have short queue times and are having fun, jumping ship before seeing the direction the game is going in would be a very dumb move.

Basically, I'd advise waiting to see how the next patch goes. None of the discussion here matters, and the OP is, as his name implies, very high.

you guys dont really realize it but audiences are fickle, this is hard and has consumed a lot of my time to get it off the ground and im just now averaging 40 viewers. having the rug pulled under me because my gametime with this is cut short is harrowing. I should have never bothered with it because as badly as I want this to stay alive there's just signs on the wall. i want to believe its not true but how can I?

[meowzin semi conversível]

Originally posted by Showguyver:

No balance patch, sbmm, cheaters, error codes. It's normal to see players leaving because of this.
It's frustating because the game is original and good.

[brettapuss]

this is normal. i dont know why this still shocks people. when a game launches everyone gets on all at once. then after a month or two the player base settles into the people who really enjoy it. those first couple months are gonna have tones of people trying it out and seeing if they like it or not

[Imhigh]

Originally posted by brettapuss:

this is normal. i dont know why this still shocks people. when a game launches everyone gets on all at once. then after a month or two the player base settles into the people who really enjoy it. those first couple months are gonna have tones of people trying it out and seeing if they like it or not

No actually most successful games experience a steady climb after release. Quit lieing young man

[Wulfen]

Originally posted by Imhigh:

I noticed alot of players have left so far. My friends all stop playing and gave up on it and were down to less then half the launch population. Any ideas to how we can save this game?

The player "loss" is just the average player base leveling out. No game in the history of video games has ever retained their launch population. Plus it's a free to play game, so of course the initial numbers are gonna be high.

All this is perfectly normal for a video game and shouldn't cause for alarm. I can guarantee you, you will see numbers jump up some more once significant update/content drops come out.

If you want to "save" the game, stop making posts or bringing attention to all the doomer posts talking about "dead games".

[minti]

toxic players, no update,boring content. this game is dead

[Jake.Eun]

Originally posted by Imhigh:

Originally posted by brettapuss:

this is normal. i dont know why this still shocks people. when a game launches everyone gets on all at once. then after a month or two the player base settles into the people who really enjoy it. those first couple months are gonna have tones of people trying it out and seeing if they like it or not

No actually most successful games experience a steady climb after release. Quit lieing young man

Pls name a game that has a higher concurrent player count now than at launch lol

[Imhigh]

Originally posted by Wulfen:

Originally posted by Imhigh:

I noticed alot of players have left so far. My friends all stop playing and gave up on it and were down to less then half the launch population. Any ideas to how we can save this game?

The player "loss" is just the average player base leveling out. No game in the history of video games has ever retained their launch population.

Completely inaccurate statement disproven with 1 google search. Nice try young man

[Imhigh]

Originally posted by Jake.Eun:

Originally posted by Imhigh:

No actually most successful games experience a steady climb after release. Quit lieing young man

Pls name a game that has a higher concurrent player count now than at launch lol

TF2

[Imhigh]

Also Rust, Gmod etc. Good games

[Imhigh]

Also Pubg, Apex etc

[Netsa]

Originally posted by Ninja Pawden Black on X3box:

you guys dont really realize it but audiences are fickle, this is hard and has consumed a lot of my time to get it off the ground and im just now averaging 40 viewers. having the rug pulled under me because my gametime with this is cut short is harrowing. I should have never bothered with it because as badly as I want this to stay alive there's just signs on the wall. i want to believe its not true but how can I?

Pay attention to reality and where the numbers actually are. There's no signs on any walls, there's just Steam forums freaking out over stupid bullcrap on a game that's barely gotten a patch recently because the devs were on vacation for the holidays for half that stretch.

(rant)
The idea that someone was sitting here having fun with the game, saw a random forum thread, and then started panicking for absolutely no reason is just... man, wtf...

Like, I can't even necessarily say that ImHigh is wrong, it's just way too early to tell because we don't really know what the patch schedule is going to be like, or what kind of content updates there's going to be. Calling death right now is basically a blind prediction based on jack-all, and yet if it comes true everyone here will think they're the ultimate fortune tellers and will start doing this ♥♥♥♥ on every single new game they play, despite almost everyone in this thread having a different explanation for why this game is "dead" or "dying". Threads like this pop up all the time on new games, especially on new IPs because they haven't been around long enough to prove that they're going to be around.

For a good, admittedly non-shooter example of this, look at the history of Path of Exile. That game was supposed to have died something like 20 times. It was supposed to die on release because it had multiple instant-death and lag issues, and it was supposed to die about every 3-4 months for years after that because it only releases big updates on season changes. It's dipped below 5k players on Steam before (though it has its own standalone client and is available on console), it's currently above 60k players on Steam over 10 years later. The Finals is on Xbox and PS5, we can only see player numbers for Steam.

WE DON'T KNOW whether this game is going to live or die. Nobody does this early.
(/rant)

*sigh*
Anyway, this is good advice, quoting it:

Originally posted by ShinjiSake:

Biggest advice to give to streamers let your audience know your a variety streamer and that you dont just play a single game so that if one dies you can easily switch to another and your audience will be fine with it obviously no matter what switching from one game to another will loose you viewers but those werent there for you they were there for the game alone

Make sure you're the personality, not the game you're playing.

[Imhigh]

Originally posted by Imhigh:

Originally posted by brettapuss:

this is normal. i dont know why this still shocks people. when a game launches everyone gets on all at once. then after a month or two the player base settles into the people who really enjoy it. those first couple months are gonna have tones of people trying it out and seeing if they like it or not

No actually most successful games experience a steady climb after release. Quit lieing young man

Facts

[Jake.Eun]

Originally posted by Imhigh:

Originally posted by Jake.Eun:

Pls name a game that has a higher concurrent player count now than at launch lol

TF2

Ill concede 1 game, albeit you picked a game thats been around for 11 years which in itself is exceedingly rare. Outliers are the exception, not the rule.