Guess that didn't happen.
BTW - isn't this winter break for schools and the middle of the Omicron panorama?
How many new games came out? Oh yeah more COD a new HALO, and more, of course we're gonna see less players with those two franchises having big releases.
Seems like people might have a bit of time at home on their hands right now.
Some also like to spend it with family, rather than gaming. I have many friends who play Elite who are currently taking a break from it for the Holidays so they can spend time with their family, and friends in RL who didn't test positive for COVID (I haven't to clarify; I just am not close to anyone in my family aside from my mum whos 800+ miles away and I don't have the funds to visit nor was Canada allowing non essential travel).
Gotta agree with the OP on one thing though, I'm playing EDO right now, and it is in a far more playable state than at launch.
Is it worth the 40$ I paid for it? Not yet.
To me it is, then again I've done a ton of first footfalls, witnessed some amazing sights on planets, had tons of fun in the combat zones, switched it up on when I'm sneaking and stealing stuff from shooting my way through, to seeing how far I can get without getting caught. The amount of time I've spent on Odyssey has made up for the 40... then again like my original and horizons copies, it was gifted to me so I haven't had any RL cost in the game yet, my Epic account I'm debating on getting it ody.
The other part as well with those numbers, those were steams numbers, do we have the number from Epic? Or Standalone players? Prior to Ody launch I actually was using Standalone with my main account, since it's an older account that can switch between steam and standalone.