According to FD it isn't (as ED community). Which surprised me as well, but ED doesn't require Steam to be run so...
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According to FD it isn't (as ED community). Which surprised me as well, but ED doesn't require Steam to be run so...
Sure you are, otherwise why write anything?
Each time someone presents something as fact, I'd really like to see a citation. It doesn't have to be a link, but 'David interviews' really isn't specific at all. If it's been stated lots of times surely it'd be really easy to give one example.
I'd agree the steam numbers are a decent sample size if going by the theories of relevant sampling with basic statistics. Enough inferences can be drawn from the steam numbers especially in how they compare to other games in the genre where ED is still doing competently if not exceedingly well. Even if FD has the perspective the steam numbers for ED is minuscule, it's reassuring that concurrency and activity numbers for ED are probably much greater overall when including the outside-steam numbers.
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I apologize a bit. I feel down today. Other day I would chase down specific bits, but I just don't feel doing it today. Sorry.
Kindle the bonfire Ashen One [up]
Well, here are two facts:
In 2017 ED was among the Top 100 best-selling games on Steam:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/01/02/biggest-steam-games-2017/
And for the first half of 2018, ED was among the Top 100 best-selling games on Steam:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/07/06/biggest-games-on-steam-2018/
Some will take a different view, but I can't find anything to worry about here.
In 2017 ED was among the Top 100 best-selling games on Steam:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/01/02/biggest-steam-games-2017/
And for the first half of 2018, ED was among the Top 100 best-selling games on Steam:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/07/06/biggest-games-on-steam-2018/
Some will take a different view, but I can't find anything to worry about here.
Shhhht! 609 to 206, should I ask David at the meeting tomorrow for more cookies? I have enough Painit gems, yet.
Hey guys, you running low on tinfoil.
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And from one the few old timers who know me from that long forgotten battlefield...so say we all
This is why we should really change our names when we switch games...some things are best left in the past, but however...I played that game fer 6 years and this game fer 3 years, so theres the comparison in terms of time played.
Have some rep fer being absolutely correct m8...I would never even dream of saying this game was in developement mode because this really aint that far gone. I actually pointed out at the start I didnt really care how well things are going long term...but I need to cut my own emotional attachment to this game at some point, cos I would say its on a path Ive seen before and I aint goin down that path again. They really aint doin themselves any favors at this point...I wonder do they even realize.
Whatever m8...as the years roll by, my patience grows ever thinner with dev teams who do the same thing and make the same mistakes time and time again. Long gone are the days when I cared enough to sink hundreds of hours and 4 in the morning all nighters beta testing to help them...Im too old and too salty fer all that nonsense so if they deliver the goods, then we all dance a merry jig around the bonfire of old games who made the mistakes that frontier didnt make and learned from.
Thats the hope anyway...thats all there is left at this point Im done caring what they say now...they said enough last October to keep me interested through most of this year, but now I wanna be impressed by something tangible and Im bored waiting to see it become a reality.
I dont intend on making the same mistake I did on other past games hanging around fer years when it was a waste of time...theres gotta be a point where it all ends and ye have to mentally walk away fer yer own sanity sake. Well...I do anyway and it works fer me and at the end of the day, thats the only thing that really matters ^
Oh so you are at first name basis with the saviour now 609? You suck up! Yeah right! Tell Himm I want more cookies so He will think me a glutton eh? No way. I know your power hungry ways.
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No, I argued with naked reality. Nothing more, nothing less. My person has little to do with it and you won't find any such Quote of me in this Thread. Lots of people talked to FDev in the past. Alot.
And again, you (intentionally I presume) confused "the Game" with "the Company".
FD doing well has fairly little to do with ELITE, they have multiple other income sources.
Game isn't thriving by any means and runs a mile below its potential, the numbers speak for themselves and we're certainly not discussing how incredibly well everything is, now do we?
You are twisting words and avoiding reality, nothing more.
As you're not interested in the slightest in a meaningful discussion, I'll stop replying to you. By now I can literally smell your agenda and I generally don't talk with such people.
I honestly don't believe them very much. PC is the oldest of platforms and most PC users enjoy the steam confort zone.
Interesting seeing planet coaster in silver tier for 2017 while ED is in Bronze.
For 2018 JW:E is in platinum while ED remains in bronze where Planet Coaster dropped as well.
ED seems a consistent performer if nothing else.
Am I missing something you're looking at?
Seems the highest concurrence was Oct, 2015.
Edit: Somehow I missed the word average in your post and see what you were referring to in the table below.
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Those are good facts!
Here's another: according to SteamCharts (that the OP referred to) Jan 2018 was the best month ever for average Steam CMDR concurrency.
All in all, not bad for a 3.7yr old game.
Yea I love the idea and beauty of this game but it is as deep as a puddle and I stopped playing ages ago.
Steam charts shows that the playerbase is pretty healthy and didn't decline in the last 3 years. Which is quite an achievement.
I don't know about PC but on XBOX, compared to pre-engineers its barely breathing. A full instance is a distant memory.
Again, steamcharts don't show a decline in players. What is your point?
I stop playing games frequently.
And from one the few old timers who know me from that long forgotten battlefield...so say we all
This is why we should really change our names when we switch games...some things are best left in the past, but however...I played that game fer 6 years and this game fer 3 years, so theres the comparison in terms of time played.
Have some rep fer being absolutely correct m8...I would never even dream of saying this game was in developement mode because this really aint that far gone. I actually pointed out at the start I didnt really care how well things are going long term...but I need to cut my own emotional attachment to this game at some point, cos I would say its on a path Ive seen before and I aint goin down that path again. They really aint doin themselves any favors at this point...I wonder do they even realize.
Whatever m8...as the years roll by, my patience grows ever thinner with dev teams who do the same thing and make the same mistakes time and time again. Long gone are the days when I cared enough to sink hundreds of hours and 4 in the morning all nighters beta testing to help them...Im too old and too salty fer all that nonsense so if they deliver the goods, then we all dance a merry jig around the bonfire of old games who made the mistakes that frontier didnt make and learned from.
Thats the hope anyway...thats all there is left at this point Im done caring what they say now...they said enough last October to keep me interested through most of this year, but now I wanna be impressed by something tangible and Im bored waiting to see it become a reality.
I dont intend on making the same mistake I did on other past games hanging around fer years when it was a waste of time...theres gotta be a point where it all ends and ye have to mentally walk away fer yer own sanity sake. Well...I do anyway and it works fer me and at the end of the day, thats the only thing that really matters ^
IMO this gives you added credibility as you know what a game looks like when it is indeed in maintenance mode. And as an ex-BSGO member myself, I too see so many similarities between that developer and this one. Others can't see this which is really too bad as one day they will.
There's a diehard bunch still clinging to that other game, and it will be fun to look back at this game and see the recognizable diehards clinging on here long after most have moved on - including FDev!
Yep, the same David Braben. He's apparently quite successful, received multiple awards, and met Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II. Very cool!
Cheers for continuing to add traffic to the forums
That just confirms he's a good business man, and you know what business men are like, they always tell the truth!
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