Is Elite Dangerous dead?

[SuperDLOC]

So I saw some places saying Elite is dying/is already dead, and I wanted to know a few things about why they would say that...

1. Is it Odyssey or Horizons/base game dying? I am not planning to get Odyssey DLC anytime soon, and

2. If Horizons is dying, why so? A lot of the negative reviews I see about ED/Horizons dying don't really make sense to me.

3. Is there an estimate, if Elite is dying, when would it be "not worth playing"? (like, if I just bought the game, how many hours could I still get out of the game?)

P.S. Should I keep the game or refund it, I only bought it yesterday and don't have experience beyond the main menu

TL;DR Is Elite Dangerous dying?

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

The game works just fine. If you like what is offers - just play it.

[Sighman]

Not dead, not even resting. And the galaxy is about to go up in flames, so don't miss it!

[Kankaku]

引用自 22Ƹ 🌟：

hard learning curve tho.

learning cliff lol

[Dripnificent]

引用自 Zombwich：

Ran into bunch of people in the starting area yesterday, doesn't seem dead at all to me. Game is quite hard to get into though.

Add Dripnificent if you'd like any questions answered or would like a hand sometime! Welcome to Elite, commander!

[<Caeris↝]

Quote from Frameshift Live #7:

"Medical experts declare Elite alive and well"

[ZombieHunter]

Elite is as dead as the PC was proclaimed to be dead by mobile shills 10 years ago. As in not dead at all. Thriving in fact.

[SuperDLOC]

So earlier today I started the game and played through the tutorials, got my Sidewinder, and got 3 hours into the game. So here is what I have so far:

Sidewinder ship
274k CR
Interdictions evaded: 1
around 4 hours total in-game time

And a realization that the game isn't dead.

But I found out how friendly and kind the Elite Dangerous community is, just from this thread! And even though I have not left the Pilot Federation District, I think this game is fun.

Thank you to everybody who replied! o7, CMDR darkbeetle out

[𝕊𝕋𝕌ℝ𝕄-𝕂𝔸𝕋]

引用自 Stelar Seven：

The game is in the end stages of a hugely successful plot path that has been actively developed for 18 months.

Just curious, is that plot path playable from the start, in the game as of now, for new players?

[Agony_Aunt]

People have been declaring the game as dead/dying since it was launched.

All games die, they are from the moment they release. Just like people are dying from the moment they are born.

The only thing to do is enjoy it while its alive.

[M2Stech]

it's a vegetable on life support while the devs make other tycoon games, 2900 concurrent players may not be dead but it's its lowest since release 8 years ago

[birdman]

I had to roll back my AMD driver back to 22.5.1, on the latest AMD update it screws up the game from loading there is no way to play it. I found on steam forum that players rolled back there AMD graphics update back to 22.5.1 and i can confirm that this fixed this for me. im running 6600XT, this could be a reason for a bunch of negative reviews. This issue hasn't been fixed bunch of players can't the game. This is a great game could do with more stuff but this will always be a timeless classic. 1:1 scale of our galaxy.

[Everlasting Flame]

The main problem IMHO - devs prefer GRIND over gameplay. If you delete engineers grindfest from the game and add more social functions like community station build, ships build and territory claims - game wiil be perfect.

[Everlasting Flame]

In defense of the game, I can say this - at least it's not Star Citizen, where you play with bugs and unworkable gameplay and buy beautiful ships for 250 dollars

[HughJardon]

if you haven't already played it for thousands of hours, It's a good game as long as you like that sort of thing.

There's no doubt that interest in the game is waning. Steam players are the lowest since 2019 and still going down. Also Obsidian Ant just made a Youtube video showing the interest in the game from Google searches, which also shows it declining.

Having said that, we wait in hope that the promised new content to be released in August will revive it; however, history shows a lot of dashed hopes with this game.

No Man's Sky is presently the champion of space games according to Google interest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ukqushVhMA

https://steamcharts.com/app/359320

[Agony_Aunt]

引用自 Everlasting Flame：

The main problem IMHO - devs prefer GRIND over gameplay. If you delete engineers grindfest from the game and add more social functions like community station build, ships build and territory claims - game wiil be perfect.

"Social" only works for those who want a social game.

ED has always been in this strange place between MMO and single player game and therefore attracts people who either like that sort of mix or are from the extremes.

I'd wager that most either like the single player experience or the MMO experience, and those who enjoy the in-between a minority. Meaning you end up with a community of players who tend to grouch about the game not being what they want.

Doing what you suggest might make it perfect for those who like the MMO side of things, but it would disenfranchise those who enjoy the other side of things.

However, its a bit strange you talk about the game being more social, that is more MMO like, when every single MMO is built around the grind.