Cant see how many players at games at community hub ? help

[kjsan]

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[Antiga]

Only when like 300 or 400+ people are playing the game via steam, will community hub show player count.

It's one of those retarded decisions made by someone who thinks they are a marketing genius. While in fact it's just one of those things likely to drive people away.

"Why show it when player count is high, and not when low?" one might wonder. "Because they are trying to manipulate you." another may answer.

I'm so done with being acceptive towards these practices.

[The Supreme Lord Uber Biggie]

I know this post was 3 years ago but I have to say its really stupid not to show how many people are playing a game regardless of the number. People looking to buy a game often will go by how many people play it.

[Cathulhu]

You can use sites like https://steamdb.info/ to see the players even if they are below 300.
Including graphs showing the increase or decline of the playerbase to make a better decision if a game is active or not.

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by The Supreme Lord Uber Biggie:

I know this post was 3 years ago but I have to say its really stupid not to show how many people are playing a game regardless of the number. People looking to buy a game often will go by how many people play it.

Seems fine to me, if your going by how many people play it, and the number of people playing it is so low then it doesn't register then i'd pass on it.....

Especially as player count doesn't mean online players, so when its that low its a no brainer.

[DraconicDragon]

Except, not everyone knows it won't show player base below a certain number, like myself. I don't know if you are kind of dumb, but the main point in this thread is that the person who designed it doesn't want you to know if its a dead game so that you buy it and maybe don't realize its a dead game in time to refund it.

[Tim]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.