@UnCazualGamer wrote:
75% of Steam Player base is already gone from the game, and it's only been 3 weeks.
Source : https://steamcharts.com/app/1517290#3m
Worst BF launch ever?
Steam accounts for just 20% of BF 2042 sales.
Over 40% of Steam users are under 30 according to Statista.
We also know that this age group is far more susceptible to online influence via influencers (angry joe and other such youtubers) and also by their peers (real life and Read It or whatever it's called). Therefore group think occurs more readily in this demographic.
There are multiple studies available on this subject.
So the large number of negative reviews on Steam and lack of people playing there can be partially put down to the above facts.
I've put North of 100 hours into the game and played at various different times during a 24 hour period and I've never waited more than a few seconds to load into a game with 128 other humans. I've yet to encounter a Bot in AOW.
Therefore I would suggest there is absolutely nothing wrong with the player base numbers outside of one particular platform which, as shown above may not be the best barometer for gauging the health of the game.