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[Hoaggie]

So, I was looking at the Battle of Turkayyid 3 Stats Final post
https://mwomercs.com...tats-final-post

Apparently only 17,257 players took part in the event, I've come and gone over the years since closed beta ended, and I gotta say, I didnt realize player participation was so low.

This is actually a little depressing.

Somebody cheer me up

[Anjian]

A large part of the player base isn't going to play FW no matter what, so the total player numbers should be much higher. Though even then, even if assuming FW players represent a fraction, the total number of players isn't high nor encouraging when compared to other massive multiplayer games.

[Hoaggie]

Either way you look at it, it's a huge drop from the 500,000 pre-orders they got

[Anjian]

War Robots has nearly 50 million downloads to put things in perspective.

[Hoaggie]

I didnt even realize that was a thing. PGI had such a huge start, but its failed to retain its veteran players or even attract many new ones.

[Anjian]

Hoaggie, on 02 June 2017 - 01:57 PM, said:

I didnt even realize that was a thing. PGI had such a huge start, but its failed to retain its veteran players or even attract many new ones.

Poor marketing, poor creative direction, poor management, poor vision for the game, poor execution, all classic reasons why some games succeed, why some fail, and why some are scraping at the bottom of the barrel.

By the way, when I meant War Robots, that's another mech game, also big stompy robot shooter, on mobile, not on PC, and this game is succeeding tremendously. It shows the potential for mech games in general, if well executed. It had a slow start, but began steamrolling charts around the mid 2016, going from 10 million downloads in April, to 20 million in September then 45 million in January 2017. Of course not every one sticks to the game, but we can assume many are playing it. And this kind of success was accomplished with zero IP brand recognition and almost no lore behind it.

If WR can maintain 20 to 50 ranking in Google Play Gross Revenue Top Charts, for the equivalent with MWO, it needs to be in the top 50 of Steam. If I check the Steam charts, strangely enough, but not surprisingly, I can see Robocraft in the top 50, which also again shows that big robots are not necessarily small player base niche games.

Edited by Anjian, 02 June 2017 - 06:10 PM.

[Hoaggie]

Yeah, at some point PGI made the choice to aim the game at constantly recruiting new players and alienate their backers, then failed to make the game remotely attractive for new players

[PFC Carsten]

While steam is not all players... it is an indicator:
http://steamcharts.com/app/342200#1m

[Alienized]

dun have steam. :> just sayin.

[PFC Carsten]

Don't worry, that's only a web service which you can use anyway.

[Alienized]

PFC Carsten, on 03 June 2017 - 07:26 AM, said:

Don't worry, that's only a web service which you can use anyway.

i wouldnt actually give a damn about steamcharts for MWO.
we all knew battletech is a niche thing and nothing for quick arcade shooters everyone seem to jump after.
it had its players before steam and most older players keep themselves informed through forum i guess.

because they all come back to see what MWO has become and try it again.

[FEAR THIS]

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Edited by FEAR THIS, 14 June 2017 - 12:12 PM.