After six months I think it would be nice to see some official stats from Rare.
Not just how many unique gamer tags have tried the game since launch but actual stats that might mean something to many people.
I know it would also help Rare to know exactly what's going on with their game. To see where they are succeeding and where they have failed.
For example:
- How many people still play SoT on a regular basis (at least once a week)?
- How many have made it to pirate legend status since launch?
- How many pirate legends are there still playing the game regularly?
- What is the PC v Xbox ratio now?
- What percentage of players actually bought the game as opposed to game pass?
- What are the peak hours of each continent or major region and their server population? (Suggested by SurveyorPete)
These things need to been known by Rare in both cases, over-all (since launch) and the current status, to help guide the game to better choices.
It's one thing to say that 5 million unique gamer tags have been registered as playing the game (at least once) and it's another thing to say that you are X% of players to have reached this achievement but it all means very little to nothing to anybody unless we know that percentage of what number of players we're talking about.
Sure you might be 0.3% of 5 million players to have achieved a specific milestone but now there's only (for example) 500,000 playing on a regular basis so you're really only in the 3% bracket and not so elite.
Some people have multiple accounts, many people have tried it a few times and moved onto other games, some PLs have also flown the coop reaching the end-game with nothing else to do.
Another nice feature would be to show what the true percentage was when you actually achieved each milestone instead of it increasing as time progresses and more reach that achievement.
So having all of the stats based on the collective players since launch really isn't telling us much and is far from the truth.
I'd rather be disappointed by honesty than blissfully deceived by a lie.