A lot of talk lately, especially the big SoT Partners content creators the last couple of months has been on this subject.
It's not secret if we look at Steam the trend is clear The game has been suffering a steady decline with no hope in sight. And by end of March we can predict through the charts pattern that it will hit the high 4k player count. Yes steam is ONE out of many launchers for the game, but you can deduct that it is most certainty showing the same trends on other platforms.
You can also string out familiar patterns from Youtube and Twitch viewship/retention and compare to past performances, you get the undeniable gists of things.
But should it really matter that much realistically?
I'm not here to point fingers and anything or anyone, everyone has their own theory as to WHY the game has seen such decline, everything from community drama mishaps, to game changes, to false promises, The most recent being clowned on ''we missed the mark'' [x42 times] all points being made are true in their own sense.
Afterall not everyone quits over ONE shared thing, and one thing only. In other words: People quit over different reasonings, some not even game related at all.
Some may quit because their friend did, and that friend could of well quit because of something they didn't like from the game changes...
So why does it matter if the game is declining?
A genuine question to be anwsered.
Servers take in 5/6 ships with 24 players maximum (I really don't know the exact numbers anymore) BUT the point still stands, you Don't need 100 players for a server matchmaking to be made.
This game could function just fine if there was only 1,000 players left in say a particular region.
So may I ask to you, why does/would it matter that the game (If you believe in it) is dying?
