I wonder what the median age is for ESO players compared to other games. I know that there are a lot of older players here, and those of us who were already alive when video games were invented might have more of a tendency to think watching someone else play instead of playing ourselves is really frustrating and weird. That is how it hits me and several of my friends my age, it's just...watching someone else do something fun instead of doing the fun thing myself, when I could actually be doing the fun thing in that time. Kind of like watching someone else eat a sandwich when mine is in the fridge and all I have to do is go get it.
Kiralyn2000 wrote: »Absolutely zero competitive atmosphere around the game as it's less of a mmo than a single-player roleplaying game.
Hmm. This whole "competitive" thing is another bit I just don't get. Who cares that Elitist Ego Guild got "world first" in Raid XYZ?
Personally, I always thought that ESO put too much emphasis on "competitive" with those stupid PvE Leaderboards.
colossalvoids wrote: »Because there are not that much entertaining/knowledgeable ones? Or people generally not interested in what they have to offer.
Izanagi.Xiiib16_ESO wrote: »UGotBenched91 wrote: »I've noticed that compared to other MMOs (WOW/ FF14 being the top comparisons), ESO has a low twitch presence in the community. Not a lot of
viewers watching ESO streamers. I'm just curious what it is about ESO that isn't as entertaining to watch compared to other MMOS.
Lack of PVP and Hard Endgame content. If you look at the other games you mentioned (and twitch in general) the majority of things which do well are competitive pvp games or games with high end PVE content where there is some form of world first races etc.
Unfortunately for ESO the gameplay is either laggy or uncompetitive in general which dissuades larger streamers from bringing in their audiences. And there is no form of competitive endgame for PVE outside of minor time trial improvements which don't really give any viewability factor.
Additionally the player base is rather small in the competitive scene because the game is focused on story and housing/roleplay focused players currently which further diminishes a regular viewing base outside of 'fans' of the streamers.
Kiralyn2000 wrote: »I don't understand the appeal of watching streamers.
(thinking about it, I don't watch comedians, talk-show hosts, or listen to radio personalities, either. /shrug But even ignoring the "streamer" part of it, I don't know why you'd want to watch someone play a game.)
UGotBenched91 wrote: »Thank you to all those who read the post and responded to what was being asked.
This is not meant to be an I hate twitch why would you watch people stream thread. It is a thread to share opinions of why ESO doesn’t bring as many viewers as other MMORPG’s.
Hallothiel wrote: »UGotBenched91 wrote: »Thank you to all those who read the post and responded to what was being asked.
This is not meant to be an I hate twitch why would you watch people stream thread. It is a thread to share opinions of why ESO doesn’t bring as many viewers as other MMORPG’s.
But they are replying; they are saying that they would rather play than watch. Perfectly good explanation as to why ESO does not have that many viewers.
UGotBenched91 wrote: »I've noticed that compared to other MMOs (WOW/ FF14 being the top comparisons), ESO has a low twitch presence in the community. Not a lot of
viewers watching ESO streamers. I'm just curious what it is about ESO that isn't as entertaining to watch compared to other MMOS.
Kiralyn2000 wrote: »Absolutely zero competitive atmosphere around the game as it's less of a mmo than a single-player roleplaying game.
Hmm. This whole "competitive" thing is another bit I just don't get. Who cares that Elitist Ego Guild got "world first" in Raid XYZ?
Personally, I always thought that ESO put too much emphasis on "competitive" with those stupid PvE Leaderboards.
Zorgon_The_Revenged wrote: »
Current highest views of games tagged with "MMO":-
1)Minecraft 296k (like WTF?!?)
Blacknight841 wrote: »About to start a steam of me destroying 500 style pages...
SeaGtGruff wrote: »I don't know if this was already mentioned, but World of Warcraft was released in 2004, so it's been around for more than twice as long as The Elder Scrolls Online. It had a 10-year headstart over The Elder Scrolls Online as far as establishing itself, gaining fans, and growing its playerbase.
Furthermore, World of Warcraft is rated for Teens, whereas The Elder Scrolls Online is rated for Mature players.
I would think that those two things are probably factors in why a game like World of Warcraft has more viewers on Twitch than The Elder Scrolls Online.