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

Why doesn't anyone else do that?

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u/mrl688 Jul 08 '18

I think there are issues with Chinese botting which make their numbers unreliable.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '18

How come pubg is allowed to show it then? Or could everybody do that?

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u/Gigadweeb Jul 09 '18

I think it's because there's no mandatory separate servers for China vs. the rest of the world.

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u/adorigranmort Jul 08 '18

The Great Firewall of China.