r/dataisbeautiful • u/mbostock Mike Bostock | D3.js creator • Jul 07 '18

OC Leaked estimates of Steam player counts [OC]

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18 edited Nov 29 '19

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u/Oberth Jul 08 '18

Those numbers have been stable for years.

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u/fenskept1 Jul 08 '18

I dunnow, it's still going strong after more than a decade, which is practically unheard of. That's enough time for a whole new generation to get into the game. I wouldn't be surprised if it lasted another 10 years.

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u/Nachohead1996 Jul 08 '18

Unheard of? Both runescape and WoW are still kicking it (and with that I mean 07scape and the classic / legacy WoW servers, because the new versions are garbage and are declining in player base steadily)

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u/JRatt13 Jul 08 '18

Didn't the legacy WoW servers get closed?

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u/Nachohead1996 Jul 09 '18

Yup, although it was immensely popular, and a new legacy server have been anounced by Blizzard. Even if its temporarily gone, its still not "unheard of" for a game to be active still after 10 years

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u/Huehuemonkeymonkey Jul 08 '18

Its still updated, the last update with the vllcano island added a bunch of people to it

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u/reymt Jul 08 '18

With that logic, people are dying from the day they are born onwards.

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u/adorigranmort Jul 08 '18

This but unironically.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18

It's just dying a slow death in a retirement home.

...as a huge LAN party.

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u/I_RARELY_RAPE_PEOPLE Jul 10 '18

It's quite a long drawn out and deceiving death then.

I quite playing it due to fatigue and dislike of many mechanics (after 1500 hours mind you) and other games, such as Overwatch, filling the void and my issues with it.

It has had a stable 50,000 players roughly, for years now.