6-7k average players and the latest DLCs all have <50 total reviews

[Intern Waffle]

Nobody cares about this game anymore.

Where are the devs? Where is the news? Where is the first expansion that was due out over a year ago?

[Bulldog]

Nobody cares about a troll's comments.

[martinolund]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Intern Waffle:

Nobody cares about this game anymore.

Where are the devs? Where is the news? Where is the first expansion that was due out over a year ago?

Q2 2025.

[john.glossop]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Bulldog:

Nobody cares about a troll's comments.

True.

[nosquimoriturisumus]

The region packs all have 150k to 330k subscribers on Paradox Mods, and came out between two and six months ago. That's a floor on the number of people who are still interested enough in the game to open it up and download them.

[sternenstaub70]

Diposting pertama kali oleh nosquimoriturisumus:

The region packs all have 150k to 330k subscribers on Paradox Mods, and came out between two and six months ago. That's a floor on the number of people who are still interested enough in the game to open it up and download them.

The number of subscribers shown for a mod/pack is a bit misleading.
It does not count the number of accounts which download them.
It counts ALL downloads, all versions people download.

Many region packs have been updated since their initial release, so many people downloaded two different versions. So you might need to divide the number of their downloads by 2.
The packs which haven't been updated yet seem to show a more realistic number (like China, Eastern Europe, US SW,..) -> it's still ~200k people.

However, I have no idea how PDX counts interrupted downloads and redownload attempts which happened to a lot of players.
In worst case it even counts broken and repeated downloads, so the realistic number could be even significant lower. But that's something what I really don't know.

[Intern Waffle]

Diposting pertama kali oleh nosquimoriturisumus:

The region packs all have 150k to 330k subscribers on Paradox Mods, and came out between two and six months ago. That's a floor on the number of people who are still interested enough in the game to open it up and download them.

Do you really think the number of downloads of a mod file is an indicator of the popularity of a game? Moreso than something like "how many people bothered to review a DLC" or "the literal objective number of active players at any given time"?

As someone else said, those numbers are inflated and count every update and redownload, as well. Plus, popping into the game to view some new assets is not in any way a valuable indicator of interest in a game.

An indicator of interest is, say, a completely dead forum, where almost every post is about bugs or gameplay issues. Or an average player count under half that of the game's previous entry.

[Spice Whale]

I wonder if the studio will survive this disaster

[lukas]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Spice Whale:

I wonder if the studio will survive this disaster

They are heavily pumped with cash with thier government subsiding them ^^ without this with fair market rules they would be closed 3 years ago.

[joewagner501]

The "Number of Subscribers" should be rather accurate. That wouldn't matter how many times someone downloaded the mod. My question is if I have a mod in two playsets, is that two subscriptions or is the subscription count based on user ID/Login?

[Caprea]

Diposting pertama kali oleh lukas:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Spice Whale:

I wonder if the studio will survive this disaster

They are heavily pumped with cash with thier government subsiding them ^^ without this with fair market rules they would be closed 3 years ago.

I am really wondering on what you based that statement. I think it unlikely that Finnland pays a game developer to stay alive. It is just too small a company.

[br0]

people come into these threads and make all sorts of false claims

[Bulldog]

Diposting pertama kali oleh br0:

people come into these threads and make all sorts of false claims

I agree, but they can not help it because...
It is the internet. It brings out the worst in people.

[achrilock]

I care about the game very much. Every time I open Steam I see it there in my favorites and think: 'I wish they would fix the crashy so I could play that.' I'd have a thousand hours in it by now if it weren't for that. I hope they can get the technical side sorted. I imagine I'll be playing it extensively in a few months or years. Get 'er fix fam there's DLC money to be made, from me at least <3

[Stealthy]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Caprea:

Diposting pertama kali oleh lukas:

They are heavily pumped with cash with thier government subsiding them ^^ without this with fair market rules they would be closed 3 years ago.

I am really wondering on what you based that statement. I think it unlikely that Finnland pays a game developer to stay alive. It is just too small a company.

Company of that size will not get any financial support from the Government, especially since they are very profitable.

[Stealthy]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Spice Whale:

I wonder if the studio will survive this disaster

Easily. It's not such a disaster as some people here keep saying. CO has a very strong financial position, own capital of 13.6 million euros, 2023 made 1.8 million profit after taxes.

They are not going anywhere and they will keep working on this game, regardless of what some people here think or say.