Player count concerns

[HeerHauptmann1968]

I think that it is most people have some strange complex that if everyone is doing something then they feel better doing it themselves. I think this explains why people are on edge about the player count on this forum and why people from this forum also go over to the hell let loose community hub desperately trying to get people to come over so they feel more comfortable playing the game. My thing is, I was originally like this, but I finally said to myself, who cares?I haven't played this game, or really any multiplayer game since 2018-2019. I finally got back into it and man I tell you what, the past 5 games have been so immersive and a blast. I think right now, the current player base are defiantly more quality than quantity. This in contrast with the Hell let loose experience was telling. In all honesty, without the fluff of game-pass players and sheeple pc players on HLL, I would say the quality player count over there is in the same range as this game, 600-1000 players. I think over-time this game will slowly grow. The other thing though about it all is, is look at all WW2 shooters over modern shooters. You will see that there is more players on modern shooters than WW2. I mean, there is more Squad (the modern one) players than HLL. So, I definitely think the genre is definitely waning itself overall. Compile onto all this, not only is the ww2 genre waning, but a game in that genre that is focused on historical accuracy is definitely very niche in of itself. I would say, just keep your head up and play what you can. I hope with you there will be more people to come enjoy this awesome game. I am definitely in the boat that the Pacific update will help because that will really set it apart. Across any WW2 game, as far as I can tell, the pacific is the most overlooked. It is always Western front, eastern front and north Africa.

Sorry for the essay, let me know what yall think as well. Let me know if I am missing something.

[HeerHauptmann1968]

Also, forgot to mention, check Steam DB, the game is rising in player count trends, starting after the OWI acquisition.
https://steamdb.info/app/736220/

[[Lehr] KingTiger]

This game is dead

[vhenax]

its' s showing signs of life, but the devs needs to market it better, they are doing a great job with updates, but even when the game was CALLED Post scriptum , the devs didn t push it, like HLL did, and HLL sucks. and sucks even more today

[Reitz]

Originally posted by LEHRPanzer V:

This game is dead

Been "dead" for six years allthough i can always hop in and play.. not dead?

[Eminent Demon]

add bot support ffs

[nolaJeff]

Originally posted by Cyberweasel89:

Originally posted by vhenax:

its' s showing signs of life, but the devs needs to market it better, they are doing a great job with updates, but even when the game was CALLED Post scriptum , the devs didn t push it, like HLL did, and HLL sucks. and sucks even more today

Aren't you that guy who runs around Steam Discussions for games you don't own, screaming death threats and suicide bait attempts at minorities for existing?

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[Flavin]

wonder if well still be playing WW2 shooters in 20 years (100 years from ww2)

[Mezza]

Originally posted by Flavin:

wonder if well still be playing WW2 shooters in 20 years (100 years from ww2)

ppl in 20 yrs will have skill issue.

[m4Rn1tSCH]

Its a thing of public forums and reddit in general. Absolutely everybody can quickly contribute or at the very least write something in a forum-like format.

It is a mix of a strange fear of missing out as others might play other games while one might "miss" something or just ensuring you are with the flow of whats considered good. It is definitely something of the younger generation of gamers.
The amount of threads in various places dedicated to asking of game X is dead is funny.
Just come for entertainment need X to game Y, done.
If there are only 180 people or 2,000, I dont care.

Problem is, the algorithm of reddit e.g. is made to show controversial threads.
Test it, google "reddit joinsquad44" and you still (idiotically I mean opinion) see the threads about "is the games dead?"
Same goes for "reddit joinsquad"; "has the game lost its soul?"
and randomly as I collect these: "reddit microgalaxysquadron" it shows a thread on google about how "anybody else has given up on the line?"

In the worst case, people see this and are done with their self-perceived research.

[StraitShot]

Hard to promote the game, when it runs like crap even on systems well above the recommended specs.

[Supreme Leader Kim Jong Don]

I don't think the game is going anywhere, especially if you consider that Squad devs are now backing it :-)

[rock 🇹🇼]

WW2 is a setting not a genre.