I have a Steam account and don't launch it through the Steam GUI. I run the launcher directly so I don't show up on Steam stats. There's many folks out there who do the same so take those numbers with a grain of salt.
DB Tweets 2.75M ED Units....
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Of course, the actual numbers can only be better. But it already shows that the game is quite healthy. You can compare it directly to games like Elder Scrolls Online, which has very similar numbers.
But it is dying.
Everything that exists is traveling along a timeline that leads to it's eventual demise.
It's called being alive....
Oh, so when David stated 1 million on PC he meant only Steam, that's not including the Elite Store sales? That would make more sense to me and be more in line with what I'd expect, so it's probably closer to 1.5 - 2 mil for PC total.
I think Max is talking about Personal Computer sales, not Planet Coaster sales
David didn't state anything about sales on PC, he talked about Planet Coaster...
We do know that ED sold 1 million times on Steam by looking at steam spy though...
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Why? It's a niche genre and Frontier has never gone crazy with marketing. The biggest thing they've done is show a trailer of their before a Star Wars movie.
That's the sad truth with any game, not just this one.
It said ED franchise units.
Is he including mugs?
This figure only includes copies of the game.
Congratulations to everyone involved! And congratulations to me, for playing a fun game that's growing in popularity!
Most likely ED success in eyes of FD is measured by active players, players coming back on regular basis, and very importantly MT sales. Units sold alone - with all scepticism regards Horizons worth and people requesting other, more interesting features before upgrading to expansions - confirms that ED is very healthy and is not going away any time soon.
If you want to express scepticism only because you think shrinking game will force FD to do your bidding - stop it. It is silly premise, but I know for some reason lot of gamers thinks it has some merit. Core improvements is coming. Thargoids is coming. Game is on right path. FD, keep it coming.
If you want to express scepticism only because you think shrinking game will force FD to do your bidding - stop it. It is silly premise, but I know for some reason lot of gamers thinks it has some merit. Core improvements is coming. Thargoids is coming. Game is on right path. FD, keep it coming.
Oh! So when they say the game is dying they're just trying to have some existential discussion. I feel so silly now.
Well...
pardon the question but: if ED sold over 1.000.000 copies ... where are those Cmdr?
Because on Steam only 4000 people plays...
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Regular measurements of ED stats show player login at very different times and actually are very spread out over whole week. There's estimate about 100k players playing on weekly basis on PC alone.
Also Milky Way galaxy is just huge.
It said ED franchise units.
Is he including mugs?
Might include the base game, season passes and the 5 copies of arena they sold.
Well...
pardon the question but: if ED sold over 1.000.000 copies ... where are those Cmdr?
Because on Steam only 4000 people plays...
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ED sold 2.75 million copies in total, 1.000.000 on steam and ~ 100.000 players are actively playing on steam (logging in more than once in 2 weeks), which is quite healthy and comparable to other MMOs when we talk about active players / sold units.
The 4000 people you talk about are just those who are currently online, you need to understand that not everyone who plays the game is running it 24/7. I know, it sounds crazy.
BTW I am pretty sure that I explained that to you before.
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Ahhhhhhhhh! Obvious now!
So 2.75M copies of ED have been sold across all platforms... Steam data seems to suggest about 1M of those were on Steam, so that means 1,75M are XBox, PS4, Mac and direct Frontier PC sales.
It is, but must be the most slowly death ever experienced
I like the 5 copies of arena
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Console players unite and ask frontier to stop letting pc development hold the game back.
30FPS!!!