I'm sorry I was not clear enough in my previous post. I'll attempt to explain.
1. "Some of those sales are to a single person who wants more than 1 account to play on - we also do not know if any accounts have been banned or abandoned (a few forum members have stated they do not play the game any more due to disappointment)." this could be said about Mobius 15K members.
Yes, which is why I said the 1% needs an "approx" - as no one knows how close (or indeed, if it is close at all) that is.
It does not take in to account people who only joined the Mobius Group for "just in case" reason, but never played in it and used open only.
It ignores people who do not play at all any more, "sales" and "players" are not the same thing - someone getting Horizons for Christmas, is a "sale", but they are not yet a "player".
Just as those who posted the good old "I quit" rants, they are "sales" but no longer "players" (if you take their word on not playing any more), same goes for those having a break, they are not currently "players"
In plain English, that 1% is like every other statistic on the internet - inaccurate or made up to suit the narative (in this case, belittle and dismiss the Mobius Group).
The only numbers we can sort of prove, is Mobius is the largest recorded group in game currently. As it holds over 15,200 members registered to it. ( <- note the lack of the word "player(s)" here, I said "members")
Only FD have the numbers of how many active players there are and where they play, and they are not telling.
Though if XB1 is anything to go by, the addition of private groups could be a clue to where the wind blows. Again however, FD are not talking.
2. In order to find something one should either look for it or randomly come across. It's possible that the majority of ED players are casual and not interested in forums, groups, community and etc. They're not looking for the group. This is the sad reality we have to accept and live with it whether we like it or not. And I know your Mobius groups is awesome and most likely the group will grow as more players join ED, but I'm afraid the proportion of 1% from total ED users will remain the same.
This game on Steam is sold as "Single", "Multiplayer", "Co-op", "MMO" - it is sold as everything.
So we will get (from Steam) a mix of players, including those who are casual, hardcore, role player, PvPer and so on.
Personally, I don't think a game should advertise as everything going - it is misleading and causes problems (clearly).
I think that FD should have picked a demographic and gone with it, then anyone else complaining could have been told - this is a [Whatever demographic] game and sold as one.
But that is my opinion, and worth squat.
Also, it is not *my* Mobius Group. It is Mobius's Mobius Group. And there was talk of it on XB1 one when the option comes up - if he is going to run 2 groups on 2 platforms, as nice as that is of him to do it. It is bang out of order for FD to have 1 community member do what they should have done from the start - supply and maintain a PvE only element to the game.
If Mobius were to take a break, or quit - FD will be left on the back foot as people walk away from ED (as there are some Mobius Group only players, who would leave without Mobius to do the admin of the group).
As for the group staying at 1% - well, that depends on what numbers are looked at and how they are used. Either way, it is still a useless number to be throwing about.
1% of "sales" means nothing to "players" (as people not playing count for nothing) and 1% of "players" cannot be proven by us, only FD.
For all we know, it could be anything from 0.01% of actual active "players" to 99% of actual active "players" using Mobius, or anything in between.
We do not even know for sure if there is another group bigger than Mobius - if there is, it is odd they have not stepped forward to claim the title, so for now we can only assume the Mobius Group - is the largest group (that's as close as we can get to actual size comparisons)
