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Is the player population really dead?
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TheUndeadAmulet✭✭✭✭✭Don't forget consoles, it isn't hard to imagine that they make up a sizable population.XBOX NA 1000+ CP
PC NA 400+ CP
nerf ping please8 -
Korah_Eaglecry✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭Steam has had major issues with ESO lately so it would not surprise me that the overall steam population for ESO is smaller than it used to be. But this would not reflect the rest of the population with PS4 and XBOne making up 2/3rds of the games community.Penniless Sellsword CompanyCaptain Paramount - Jorrhaq VhentKorith Eaglecry * Enrerion Aedihle * Laerinel Rhaev * Caius Berilius * Seylina Ithvala * H'Vak the GrimjawlTenarei Rhaev * Dazsh Ro Khar * Yynril Rothvani * Bathes-In-Coin * Anaelle Faerniil * Azjani Ma'LesAban Shahid Bakr * Kheshna gra-Gharbuk * Gallisten Bondurant * Etain Maquier * Atsu Kalame * Faulpia SeverinusWhat is better, to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort? - Paarthurnax9 -
Leogon✭✭✭✭✭
✭10,684 current players and the peak today was 17,002 players. Btw, I don't play on Steam, my bro doesn't play on Steam and most people I know who play ESO don't play on Steam. I'm just saying.Edited by Leogon on August 6, 2018 3:12AM18 -
Emmagoldman✭✭✭✭✭
✭Just checked
https://steamcharts.com/app/306130#All
If you set it to all, it's actually been increasing, as in 10k more from the range from 2014-20165 -
SpiderKnight✭✭✭✭✭
✭Emmagoldman wrote: »Just checked
https://steamcharts.com/app/306130#All
If you set it to all, it's actually been increasing, as in 10k more from the range from 2014-2016
Because more people are making bot accounts.2 -
Wildberryjack✭✭✭✭✭
✭I don't log in through Steam either.The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. ~Pablo Picasso8 -
Tasear✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I think there was a recent news letter. Let alone 10,000 we have had 10 million players. If you have any doubts just think about how stressed poor servers got with midyear madness. There needed to be extra campaigns to support players. So no ESO is far from dead.11 -
Katahdin✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭The amount of people I saw in Cyrodill this past week tells me its not deadBeta tester November 20138 -
SydneyGrey✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭That 2,000 number is WAAAAAYYYY off. According to the Steam charts, they had 13,500 playing on Steam in July, and 15,400 in June. Whoever posted that video is flat-out lying.
In fact, not only is the game not dying, it's the healthiest it's ever been. https://steamcharts.com/app/306130
Please post a link to the video, because I'd be more than happy to call that Youtuber a liar in the comments section.
Edited by SydneyGrey on August 6, 2018 5:48AM7 -
Drdeath20✭✭✭✭✭
✭Well if PS4 + xbox + PC all played on the same server, the game would be alot more healthy. The game never got as big as it was meant to be.0 -
DBZVelena✭✭✭✭✭considering how log in through steam has MANY MANY TIMES caused people to be unable to log in, i'm not at all surprised that players prefer not to use steam AT ALL..What are Natch Potes? Can you eat those?
I believe in Genie-Gina.2 -
MajesticHaruki✭✭✭✭✭Population is fine for a game that focuses entirely on milking cows.PC/EU @MajThorax Sorcerer and Housing Decorator prodigy
In my spare time I collect materials and run away from mudcrabs3 -
Gythral✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Why do people use a minority platform to gauge population - PC is 1/3 of the available options and Steam is by most MMO players an ignored source as it merely adds a layer of issues on top with it's bloatware (and the recent issues underline this)Edited by Gythral on August 6, 2018 6:53AM“Be as a tower, that, firmly set,
Shakes not its top for any blast that blows!”
Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy2 -
Kelces✭✭✭✭✭Steam, well that's not the only place things are going on. Perhaps it was a phase where people were hesitating due to service problems there. Who knows..?
BTW: I found the title suggestively funny. Fortunately that is not the case...
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idk✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I think there was a recent news letter. Let alone 10,000 we have had 10 million players. If you have any doubts just think about how stressed poor servers got with midyear madness. There needed to be extra campaigns to support players. So no ESO is far from dead.
ESO does not truly have 10 million players. 10 Million copies were sold and that is what MattF stated. Very unlikely most of them are actually active players by any stretch.
I am not saying ESO is dying. It certainly is far from dying. Also Steam stats, as I stated earlier, are meaningless as to how ESO is doing. It is such a small portion of the playerbase on PC/Mac servers.
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PlagueSD✭✭✭✭✭
✭I just saw a YouTube video there was only 2000 players on steam
Only 2000? With as many problems as Steam has with ESO, I'd expect that to be a LOT lower. This is also, not taking into account players that purchased directly from ZOS, or those players on XBOX and Playstation. There's PLENTY of players that I see on PC NA.2 -
starkerealm✭✭✭✭✭
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In that case, the video you watched probably was.
Because of the login issues in the last couple months, a lot of community members have started advising players not to buy the Steam copy. So, it would make sense if that specific subset of the population has declined due to factors that are entirely specific to that platform.
Additionally, there may be some short term population decline coming off of Summerset. This is fairly normal behavior after every content release, and generally nothing to worry about. Historically Steam has been a pretty good litmus test for overall population trends, because it would move (roughly) in line with the overall community, unfortunately, due to Steam's login server issues, that's no longer true, and any assumptions based of that data is suspect.Edited by ZOS_JesC on August 6, 2018 5:29PM3 -
AlexanderDeLarge✭✭✭✭✭
✭It is widely recommended to NOT buy ESO on Steam for a variety of reasons.Difficulty scaling is desperately needed. 11 years. 8 paid expansions. 29 dungeon and zone DLCs. 45 game changing updates including A Realm Reborn-tier overhaul of the game including a permanent CP160 gear cap and ridiculous power creep thereafter. Just because Cadwell Silver&Gold failed doesn't mean the game should be brain dead easy forever.
"ESO doesn't need a harder overland" on YouTube for a video of a naked level 3 character w/ no CP allocated AFKing in front of a bear for a minute and a half before dying if you don't believe me change is needed.7 -
AlcastClass RepresentativeMake up your on mind, do not let others tell you what to think. And this game is far away from being bad. I mean it is in the TOP 3 MMOs list......that should already tell you how popular it is..Edited by Alcast on August 6, 2018 10:03AMhttps://alcasthq.com - Alcasthq.com Builds & Guides
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