over 25.000 players logged by steam...game can't be that bad

John_17 · May 22, 2021

source:

Elite Dangerous - Steam Charts

An ongoing analysis of Steam's player numbers, seeing what's been played the most.

steamcharts.com

but the votes telling another story:
~2000 votes negative
~1000 votes positive

at the moment i would vote also 'negative' but i think we have to give FDev some time to iron out the bugs and problems
lets talk again in a week (or two)

today i have played ~5 hours without any crash...so i would call this a shift in the right direction

cu.

thistle · May 22, 2021

BDelacroix · May 22, 2021

It isn't that bad. Cost per entertainment hour is super cheap even if you bought a LEP.

Razzerman · May 22, 2021

Amodin said:
Potatoes running potato PCs

Hey! I object to being called a potato! I'm a turnip, at the very least

Just · May 22, 2021

They are all masochists.
I must be a masochist too,
because I play and have hellova fun
ALTHOUGH game is bugged,
UI is cumbersome and
I get reconnected at least twice every time I change an instance.

Zalinto · May 22, 2021

John_17 said:
source:

Elite Dangerous - Steam Charts

An ongoing analysis of Steam's player numbers, seeing what's been played the most.

steamcharts.com

but the votes telling another story:
~2000 votes negative
~1000 votes positive

at the moment i would vote also 'negative' but i think we have to give FDev some time to iron out the bugs and problems
lets talk again in a week (or two)

today i have played ~5 hours without any crash...so i would call this a shift in the right direction

cu.

I can't be the only one who was logged in trying to get past my orange sidewinder bug for the last two days. Logged in =/= playing or enjoying lol

Bufo · May 22, 2021

The number of Steam players has been trending upwards since the beginning of 2020 (I imagine the lockdowns helped,) and the launch of Odyssey corresponds with the biggest numbers of players ED has ever had. Oh, the game is DYING!

askavir · May 22, 2021

The launch was botched (again), there are currently many, many, many issues for FD to fix and they sure got their work cut out for them. FD does deserve a bit of flak for launching ED:O in this state. But the simple truth is that even half-broken ED:O is still a lot of fun, and a gigantic leap forwards compared to Horizons.

I'll now wait for the bigger issues to get patched so I will be putting Elite down for a couple weeks or so, because after having a small taste of Odyssey during the alpha and the last few days, I can no longer touch Horizons not even with a 12 foot pole.

Fivebilliondead · Jul 28, 2021

Bufo said:
The number of Steam players has been trending upwards since the beginning of 2020 (I imagine the lockdowns helped,) and the launch of Odyssey corresponds with the biggest numbers of players ED has ever had. Oh, the game is DYING!

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This comment sure has aged well

Bottom Hat · Jul 28, 2021

You should liaise with @boppa_ to discuss your findings.

Agony_Aunt · Jul 28, 2021

Razzerman said:
Hey! I object to being called a potato! I'm a turnip, at the very least

A turnip shaped like a thingy?

Oh wow, this thread was a bit of a necro.

Red Anders · Jul 28, 2021

Bottom Hat said:
You should liaise with @boppa_ to discuss your findings.

Ideally down a mineshaft or something.

PRORABBIT67 · Jul 28, 2021

You should see a doctor about that.

VR SenseiMatty · Jul 28, 2021

John_17 said:
source:

Elite Dangerous - Steam Charts

An ongoing analysis of Steam's player numbers, seeing what's been played the most.

steamcharts.com

but the votes telling another story:
~2000 votes negative
~1000 votes positive

at the moment i would vote also 'negative' but i think we have to give FDev some time to iron out the bugs and problems
lets talk again in a week (or two)

today i have played ~5 hours without any crash...so i would call this a shift in the right direction

cu.

I've never cared about steam charts. I judge the game by myself and currently it's

Bottom Hat · Jul 28, 2021

Red Anders said:
Ideally down a mineshaft or something.

Oh boy, that would be a tragedy worth not knowing about...!

Ian Skippy · Jul 28, 2021

John_17 said:
source:

Elite Dangerous - Steam Charts

An ongoing analysis of Steam's player numbers, seeing what's been played the most.

steamcharts.com

but the votes telling another story:
~2000 votes negative
~1000 votes positive

at the moment i would vote also 'negative' but i think we have to give FDev some time to iron out the bugs and problems
lets talk again in a week (or two)

today i have played ~5 hours without any crash...so i would call this a shift in the right direction

cu.

Maybe it's me, but if I enjoy something to the point of playing it five hours in a single day, I'd be positive about it. And if I am negative about something people have to pay me to play it at all.

I guess positive/negative means different things to different people.

MKcirtap · Jul 28, 2021

Bufo said:
The number of Steam players has been trending upwards since the beginning of 2020 (I imagine the lockdowns helped,) and the launch of Odyssey corresponds with the biggest numbers of players ED has ever had. Oh, the game is DYING!

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Spikes are patch days, drops are the day after....

ubermick · Jul 28, 2021

Erei said:
Apparently, it's impossible that people didn't like a DLC where the company CEO did not one, not even 2, but THREE posts about the poor state it was in, and pledged to work to improve the situation.

Absolutely not impossible, far from it. If I owned the game on Steam, I'd give it a negative review at launch too, it deserved it.

That absolutely does not negate the fact that there WAS a concerted effort on reddit to get it slammed, and that people ARE expecting top performance from a PC they bought in 2014.

You seem very wound up today?

Erei · Jul 28, 2021

ubermick said:
Absolutely not impossible, far from it. If I owned the game on Steam, I'd give it a negative review at launch too, it deserved it.

That absolutely does not negate the fact that there WAS a concerted effort on reddit to get it slammed, and that people ARE expecting top performance from a PC they bought in 2014.

You seem very wound up today?

There was a concerted effort to put negative review for CP2077, including press drama over it, and it's sitting at 76% positive total (69% recently).

Concerted effort have a minimal impact.

Heck, I can't play the DLC for various reason, and I was too lazy to leave a bad review. Also I wanted to wait for the end of the update cycle, originally.

ubermick · Jul 28, 2021

Erei said:
There was a concerted effort to put negative review for CP2077, include press drama over it, and it's sitting at 76% positive total (69% recently).

Concerted effort have a minimal impact.

Heck, I can't play the DLC for various reason, and I was too lazy to leave a bad review. Also I wanted to wait for the end of the update cycle, originally.

True, but CP2077 was one of "the most eagerly anticipated games of the last thousand years" or something, being teased for years.

And even though its got a decent positive total, the "steam charts" have gone from a peak of over 330,000 (!!!!!) players at launch, to now hovering not much higher than Elite Dangerous.

Where Frontier got it in the neck was that Elite has a comparatively small but PASSIONATE base. So for Elite, the concerted effort had more of an impact. (The thread on Reddit had over 4k likes, and hundreds upon hundreds of comments and is still going)