as of 20min ago on Steam there are 45k people playing Palworld. It’s seen an increase of 25k players within the past 30days (I assume it was on the steam summer sale) it’s hardly a dead or abandond game. keep in mind this game is also availalbe on xbox game pass for PC and the Xbox Console so total players right now might actually be closer to 80k or more.
it’s a null and void argument, it has no grounds at all.
I agree with you, but using Final Fantasy XIV is a weak example. Steam is one of the smallest platforms it’s on, with most PC players using the non-steam launcher.
As an MMO, it also has the benefit of players being able to see a ton of other people when they log in and the fan base talks about it enough that you never get that “whatever happened to that game” feeling.
Honestly, I think it’s that last thing that drives most of the dead game talk. Some games come out with tons of hype and then you stop hearing about it as much. Instead of looking up what’s going on, people just assume it flopped and no one plays anymore. Or it’s a game they wish had failed and by saying dead game they are trying to will that belief into existence, depends on the context.
as of 20min ago on Steam there are 45k people playing Palworld. It’s seen an increase of 25k players within the past 30days (I assume it was on the steam summer sale) it’s hardly a dead or abandond game. keep in mind this game is also availalbe on xbox game pass for PC and the Xbox Console so total players right now might actually be closer to 80k or more.
it’s a null and void argument, it has no grounds at all.
source: steamcharts.com
edit: removed my poor example
I agree with you, but using Final Fantasy XIV is a weak example. Steam is one of the smallest platforms it’s on, with most PC players using the non-steam launcher.
As an MMO, it also has the benefit of players being able to see a ton of other people when they log in and the fan base talks about it enough that you never get that “whatever happened to that game” feeling.
Honestly, I think it’s that last thing that drives most of the dead game talk. Some games come out with tons of hype and then you stop hearing about it as much. Instead of looking up what’s going on, people just assume it flopped and no one plays anymore. Or it’s a game they wish had failed and by saying dead game they are trying to will that belief into existence, depends on the context.
Palworld had a big update at the end of June too, brought back a bunch of players
Ffxiv is cross play with steam, standalone launcher, PS5, PS4 etc. As another guy said, steam users is probably the smallest share of players