POE2 lost 95.1% of its playerbase since launch

[RedTrustfactor]

This is devastating and I don't know of any other game to have this much of a drop. Are any of you planning on coming back for future poe seasons?

[heletey12]

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[Dr. Rockso]

Devastating is the launch of Dustborn.

30k concurrent players is still a sizable chunk of players that a lot of games wish they had.

It's also very common for games to drop off after release and you see it all the time so don't act like this is a POE2 only issue.

People lose interest when content runs dry and they come back when more content is released.

[RedTrustfactor]

Originally posted by Dr. Rockso:

Devastating is the launch of Dustborn.

30k concurrent players is still a sizable chunk of players that a lot of games wish they had.

It's also very common for games to drop off after release and you see it all the time so don't act like this is a POE2 only issue.

People lose interest when content runs dry and they come back when more content is released.

Well that is certainly true, however this is a major drop off and we will never see over 500k logged in at once again is my guess. Anyways my question is will you be coming back to play? or are you still playing? I'm not and 2 friends of mine aren't but I want to get the general feel of everyone else.

[AFC_HIGHBURY]

I'll be playing when update drops, my 2 mates will not be. Its more so that they purchased into hype and don't even like arpg's over the games quality/lack of.

Losing players is fine, alot will log in when update drops, alot will move on to the next new game to be released.

[Shajirr]

Not surprising, as there haven't been any major changes so far.
There is just nothing more to do that you couldn't have already done really.
I thought we would get more changes + content faster, and we aren't.

[Dax]

Bruh when it becomes f2p after release it'll easily get over 500k players

[Crit]

i still play currently and will continue to do so for the new seasons/updates as the game progresses through EA.

I think what we have is a really solid foundation for an EA title. Sure we all had to 'pay for access' on a f2p game but that was a choice we all made knowing the potential pitfalls that EA can (and often does) bring.

Contrary to a lot of opinion i enjoy the endgame. Grinding shards and the like to go and poke an end game boss. I find it quite relaxing and entertaining.

Sure there are lots of things that need addressing as we progress through EA but that is exactly what EA is for. Is it taking a little longer for content drops that we all assumed? Sure i guess it is, but i would prefer those drops to be good quality and mostly bug free instead of rushing them out the door to please the impatient folk.

But ye, tl:dr : I'm playing now and in the future :)

Peace

[Jayrodathome]

Everyone will go back when it gets more content. Just not enough right now. IMHO

[J4bbawocky]

Just started playing, in Act II and will be continuing to play for a long time to come hopefully!

[gorba]

Over on Steamdb.

Path of Exile 1 - 19,591 In-Game
Path of Exile 2 - 28,949 In-Game

POE 2 has 47.77% more players in-game now than POE 1. Sure, the launch numbers are dropping—but that's normal for every game. The key difference is how this game performs compared to its older sibling.

By all accounts, Path of Exile 2 is performing better, which is especially impressive considering it's still in early access. The stats back it up.

Of course, they don't say how well financially POE 2 is doing. POE 1 may have fewer players but more purchasing.

[DarkCrawlerz]

I'll be back.

[Valravn]

Well yeah, the game hasn't fully released all the content yet. I played for a bit, loved it, now I'm waiting for my boi The Shadow to make his debut.

I imagine a lot of people are in a similar boat.

[Sevared]

worthless post

[Azore]

I mean I literally cant even play the game without breaking my pc

[kw0lf.tw]

will come back if they fix stability ... it's too frustrating to crash and lose maps