What were they thinking?

[WeComeInPeace]

The problem with Steamcharts is that we don't know if people are leaving the game (the guys who post angry 'I quit' threads) or if people are spending less time in the game. Personally I guess it's a combination of both.
Looking at Steamcharts and saying that 2/3 of players left due to Odyssey is obviously nonsense. When Odyssey was new I played it for ~1 hour each day. Now it's maybe ~0,5 each day. If everyone else would be doing the same it would show 50% less players on Steamcharts. It doesn't mean lots of people are leaving though.
When something is new, lots of people try it simultaneously which leads to large numbers on the charts.
There also is the thing about Summer, end of lockdown in many countries and football which obviously means people are spending less time in the game.

AND some people are probably annoyed by the state of Odyssey and took a break from it until the game is in a better state.

I admit that the word "left" is too definitive in this case, but apart from that: Potato potato. My claim still is that there is correlation between the charts and how many people play the game. Saying differently is mostly spin. It does matter for Frontier, and it does matter for the future of the game, and thereby it matters to the ones playing and loving the game.

 

[babelfisch]

I admit that the word "left" is too definitive in this case, but apart from that: Potato potato. My claim still is that there is correlation between the charts and how many people play the game. Saying differently is mostly spin. It does matter for Frontier, and it does matter for the future of the game, and thereby it matters to the ones playing and loving the game.

If Odyssey was better, concurrent player numbers would be higher. Is that because more people play it or because they play it more often? Nobody knows except from Frontier maybe. You are right that it shows that Odyssey has issues, I didn't need Steamcharts to realise that though...

 

[MishaTX]

They needed the money very badly, I suppose.

Your yearly bonus is determined by how well you meet last year's metrics.

Simples.

 

[cheesenbiscuits]

But the direction to break this record is good at this rate, in 5 years nobody will say anything about Odyssey because it won't be there.
don't get me wrong it's not good that the game is dying. it's sad, but that will be the fact if fdev will be going in the direction it's going now

That statement has been rattling around these forums for years.

On a positive note there's a usable first person mechanic,I had my worries that it would just be terrible and its not. So there's a good framework to add all manner of things going forward. If FD would just spill the beans on their plans I'm sure that would cheer us up a little.