Why is the player count decreasing?

[MontTheMonkey]

Is there something I'm missing? They add so much content (WHICH MIND YOU IS FREE), everything is unlockable by playing, cosmetics are their only form of monitization, the weapons and classes are unique unlike the force-fed barrage of hero-based shooters, the style & gameplay are so fresh and there's so much diversity in the maps. I've heard it's because of a cheater problem but getting rid of cheaters in a F2P game is difficult and every single FPS game has them. People who play the latest Call of Duty or CS2 are also going against cheaters, it's inescapable. I haven't experienced any issue with cheaters on The Finals, I understand going against them is frustrating. But for a game that only came out a couple months ago there should be some leeway. This game single-handedly made me interested in the South Korean game industry and inspired me. Out of curiosity, what do you believe is making the player count simmer? Because I think this game is EXCELLENT and would be devastated to hear it's dead or stops being updated. The last time I had this much fun with a live service game was either MW2019 or H1Z1. Makes me sad more people are playing slop yearly released titles.

[Dhomochevsky]

people is stupid. a lot of less stupid people has written stuff about that.

[MontTheMonkey]

The only cons I have are the lack of new mid-season maps and I personally think the sniper w/ a scope interferes with the game's fast paced nature. I think it'd be so cool if The Finals was one of a small few shooters to have no 4x+ scoped rifles. I can imagine the sniper in a much better light with iron sights. Also I love the maps but wish there was more !

[Wakanda Man]

The game is cheaply put together by copying elements from other games but not fleshing them out properly. It has major balance issues alongside a ton of weird monetization strategies. The game also doesn't run well at all since it's so poorly optimized. It's pretty obvious why it would be declining in player base. There are just so many design flaws with the game which made it a quick pickup and drop game for me and many others.

Also, there really isn't a purpose for the weapons, gadgets, and perks to be locked behind the need of purchasing since some are really necessary to counteract cheese. It's just another strange strategy modern developers throw into these kinds of games to create a sense of "progression". It's nice that you're enjoying the game and I respect your opinion, but these problems are very real and are the reason why the game is in such a fast decline since launch. If they put more focus on learning to implement QoL changes and rework the mechanics to be more engaging instead of throwing out content for quick money, maybe the game would make a comeback.

[ArmedGhost-]

People get burned out. This is hands down my most recent PvP shooter and have been playing it almost every day since it released.

Not a reflection of the game, people get burned out and the honeymoon phase crowd fell off. Not a unique scenario on the count every game in history goes through this.

Sure when the new season starts there will be an influx of players returning.

[Stabbackah]

The wallhack as an ability in game.

[Hybernian]

1) Constant performance decrease every update
2) Lights
3) Cloak
4) Sword
5) Stun Gun
6) Caring too much about ranked
7) No progression
8) Footsteps problem
9) Solo players going for kills, mostly lights
10) Nerfs to heavy
11) Too little number of weapons on Medium and Heavy. Bad weapons on heavy.
12) Heavy not being the close range DD and light being the kill'n'run instead of hit'n'run as stated in class description.
13) Low number of maps
14) Lightless nighttime
15) Vegas
16) Meh customization
17) Announcers are better off in order to hear the cloak and broken footstep audio

[Imhigh]

Waiting for that netsa kid to appear and remind us that even if the game only has 50 players it will still be functional

[Luxiwow]

Season 2 needs to hit hard with
1-2 new maps
1-5 new weapons and gadgets for each class
new battlepass
better events
better customization for player models/weapons and ui
along with major changes in balancing
and more high stakes in rewards cause having a ranked mode in the most casual game makes little sense

if none of those really happen then I'd call it dead by the end of 2024 as I don't see them making enough money with in-game skins to keep funding their game.

[El--Lobo]

Need to make a proper shooter with balanced weapons, no swords, no guitars or invisibilty. the only good bit is the destruction rest sucks ass

[Raansu]

The gameplay loop gets boring after awhile and relies too much on cheese strats/explosive spamming and not enough on aiming skills.

[Soufiane]

The game was fun when it first came out. The FPS mechanics are average at best, but it was all the chaos that made it fun. But they kept nerfing everything except for Lights until we ended up with a bunch of invisible little guys running around with a sword in every game. So to answer your question: It's just not fun anymore.

[Dan]

I absolutely love the finals. have done since beta. but we have all stopped playing because of various things mentioned above. we notice we were growing abit bitter with the game so we stopped before we got to a point of no return. We live desperately in the hope it turns it around. but with many other good games to play. we have resigned for abit.

[Pizza Subscription]

my friends simply never played

that and i dislike recon sights (i abused the hell out of it) and nukes made me care less about winning matches when i saw them getting used more and more. I simply didn't want to try as hard when nukes were at their height. countering them was okay, but far more exhausting to keep up with than them just doing it whenever they wanted.

also i can't tell where the games going, i love virtually everything about it. i'm even okay with stun gun (not the old shotgun though).

ranked also seems crappy to soloq, this game is far more open then other games which i like, but also requires a team far more. i enjoy it, but also i have no friends or static team to play with and i really don't think it's worth me getting one on discord.

[Bing Chilling]

imho it's mostly because lack of content

[The Lord's Chips]

wide-spread hacking killed this game for me. Try Asian servers and you'll see.