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Chesyre Armundsen
Thanes Of Dust
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Posted - 2014.03.01 04:23:00 -
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Bendtner92 wrote:http://eve-offline.net/?server=dust
Less than 4k online at peak and only decreasing.
Yes, I agree a fresh start on the PS4 would be the best option, but since a PS4 version hasn't been confirmed yet I would say we're looking at spring 2014 for a PS4 version at the earliest.
Actually, if you look at the general trend for the last year there has been a fairly constant player base with a marginal increase in new character creation following the major drop after release.
Since September the "newborn player" data has shown a trend of marginal growth. In the same time frame the lowest recorded number of players online has also increased, and that's not peak numbers. At the time of this posting aprox. 11% of the DUST player count is new.
While I'm sure some of this data includes alts, the numbers still show a growth of the player base. Slow but consistent.
Mihi gravato Deus - "Let God lay the burden on me!"
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Chesyre Armundsen
Thanes Of Dust
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Posted - 2014.03.01 05:33:00 -
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Alrighty, it's time to look at numbers:
PlanetSide 2 - Steam Charts
Lost approx. 33% of their peak player base between November 2012 - Present. (current peak approx. 10, 000 players)
Call of Duty: Ghosts (Multiplayer) - Steam Charts
Lost approx. 74% of peak player base between November 2013 - Present (current peak approx. 9,500 players)
Battlefield 4 Stats
(Current online player count) PC: 30,439 PS3: 36,530 XBOX360: 35,094 XBOXONE: 29,44 PS4: 49,365
This is what I could dig up. In my opinion the health of DUST seems to be alright, and even better when you look at the long term data for EVE
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Chesyre Armundsen
Thanes Of Dust
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Posted - 2014.03.03 05:21:00 -
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There doesn't need to be any rebranding.
With continuous development and improvement there doesn't have to be a re-release of the same game with a new name or design. If you want to improve the public opinion of DUST you continue development on the current platform before broadening release to another (PS4) and run both. When the game becomes stable and begetting of a stronger review the press is shown the new build.
A game in flux like DUST will never hold a single static score on game review sites, so it's impossible to say that it'll be dead before it can have a second chance. Every patch, every day is another chance at improving our little corner of New Eden.
Mihi gravato Deus - "Let God lay the burden on me!"
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