Is Elite Dangerous a dead game? I compared it to some others ...

IstvaanDCIV

IstvaanDCIV
The route between the bubble and Colonia is well travelled by fleet carriers. You shouldn't have to wait too long for a departure.
 

SamSlade

SamSlade
Lateralus said:
Elite is obviously a more polished game in terms of gameplay loops, stability etc... But ED just can't hold my attention anymore. SC is still a very rough cut still, but has better designed gameplay concepts (less grind centric, more priority towards multiplayer features, possibilities for player-driven content, PvP is more accessible for new players etc). Elite is a much more established game, but for me has been very stale for the last few years...
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I’m quite sure SC is now as good as it will ever be.
 

SamSlade

SamSlade
IstvaanDCIV said:
Maybe, but I think it also put people off. The sheer negativity in so many of the video titles I've seen is why I've never clicked on an OA video myself. Why would I want to watch someone tearing down a video game I enjoy?
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I understand, though for me it’s because I can’t stand his voice (and I strongly distain influencers)
 

Old Duck

Old Duck
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dubsdj

dubsdj
Rat Catcher said:
Just don't transfer your fleet from Colonia, unless you have a couple of billion lying around unneeded!
You just end up in the system you were when you first started the game. Apex makes it a lot easier to get to systems with a reasonable shipyard / module / weapons stock, so not too bad a movee.
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T10 and Mamba are in the bubble so just my Anaconda that is in Colonia.
 

Parkin Son

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Alien said:
OK, so maybe no-one has asked this question, and maybe some (including me, I admit) have suggested that Elite Dangerous is a dying game. I thought that given another game on the list I will put below is pretty much dead, much to the annoyance of those who liked its promising start, I wanted to see how Elite Dangerous compares to other MMO's currently still going, regardless of genre. So I looked up the numbers on Steam Charts based on past 30 days:

GameSteam Charts Numbers
Final Fantasy XIV Online19,000 - 24,000
World Of Tanks14,600 - 12,000
World Of Warships8,300 - 7,300
Elite Dangerous4,200 - 4,900
Star Wars The Old Republic3,700 - 4,800
Eve Online3,700 - 3,700
Star Trek Online940 - 970
Lord Of The Rings Online737 - 842
Fisher Online517 - 612
DC Universe Online412 - 505
Dungeons & Dragons Online201 - 290
World Of Warplanes129 - 138
Champions Online72- 97
Starbase39 - 64

A couple of things to note here: Some of these games listed have their own launchers and those numbers aren't included here because there is no information available on those numbers. One obvious omission here is World Of Warcraft for that very reason, it's not on Steam. Single player games like Cyberpunk are also not included in this list.

So, as far as player numbers go, Elite Dangerous is doing quite well, based on Steam numbers. Starbase is the game I mentioned earlier, and even reviews and discussions on Steam are warning everyone it's a dead game. The developers are still trying to keep the game going, holding an in-game event in a few days time, but players are not expecting a good turn out for it.

So why is mentioning Starbase relevant? It's a game where you play a robot, in space, building and piloting space ships, with activities such as mining, trading, salvaging and pirating, just like Elite. And like Elite has come under heavy criticism for the decisions made by developers to add or remove features from the game, and yet the player numbers are incredibly low.

Even a game like SWTOR is still going, with pretty decent numbers compared to Elite Dangerous. SWTOR is a little older than Elite Dangerous, having launched in December 2011, at about the time Elite Dangerous's kickstart launched. It has had constant support from the developers with regular expansions, has a thriving cosmetic store, is Bioware's #1 earner for microtransactions and yet has had people saying or asking if the game is dead, for years.

So to summarise: Is Elite Dangerous dead? No, not yet it isn't, and there's no reason to think it will die any time soon, but Frontier only need to make one mistake, and they could see player support for Elite disappear overnight. You might say Frontier have made many mistakes since 2014, such as offline mode, dropping VR support and console support, but these haven't resulted in player numbers dropping to levels where the game is dead, such as Starbase. Personally, I hope Frontier turn things around and Elite Dangerous is still going in 10 years time, after all, World Of Warcraft is still going strong nearly 20 years after it launched, so who knows?
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A somewhat strange question. I dont want to know how many plays this game. I can reccomend WOW if Youre not satisfied with number of players.
What I Want, is beeing able to play a game that brings me joy, namely ED.
 

Old Duck

Old Duck
Parkin Son said:
A somewhat strange question. I dont want to know how many plays this game. I can reccomend WOW if Youre not satisfied with number of players.
What I Want, is beeing able to play a game that brings me joy, namely ED.
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All I wanted was to play MAG and Paragon, but because the numbers were down, both games were terminated at the server end. So you may not want to know how many play Elite, but you do care that enough people are, because otherwise the same thing will happen to Elite that happened to my aforementioned favorite games.
 
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