nittany224
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Post by nittany224 on Jul 17, 2022 14:23:53 GMT
Decided to take a look at KamikazeRusher's WoT Console tracker today to see how the game was doing, and - well - from what I can interpret, it's not looked good. From a sample size of Jan 1 2022 to today, July 17, the number of active accounts has dropped from an average of 60,000 to now just hovering over 45,000, with some points even dipping below 40,000. Active accounts remained steady from January through April, but when early April hit, a considerable decline began. You'd think the summer time would see an increase in numbers, but contrary to expectations, it's seen a noticeable decline.
As for new accounts, from the same sample of dates as above, the number of new accounts dropped from 2,500 on January 1 down to a shocking 1,000 for Xbox - with at points dipping down to even 500 to 600. As for Playstation, it's managed hold more steadily around 4,500, but its peaks and valleys are far more significant.
As for the categories of minimum of 5 battles played and total battles played - they've both been on a significant decline.
Compared to Jan 1 of 2020 - right before the COVID pandemic - total active accounts have basically been halved. Interestingly, the weeks and months following 6.0 saw a major influx of players (which I assume came to check out the mess 6.0 made) but that influx has since tapered off.
Despite what WGCB and the Devs have been doing to "fix" the game's issues, the game is continuing to lose players consistently. Nothing they've been doing is working - the constant Earn Ops, the "Reforges", the map and balance changes - nothing has worked.
Perhaps the game is pretty much already doomed to eventually go under. I know this might seem quite obvious given the past timeline of events since 6.0, but I thought it would be fun to plug some numbers into this sad reality.
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El Materdor43
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Post by El Materdor43 on Jul 17, 2022 22:43:08 GMT
WG has not done a good job of retaining players, in my opinion, due to things that weren’t done. One of the biggest things I can point to was Clan Wars. Right after they gave players the opportunity to create clans, and have their tags show, there was a lot of anticipation, with respect to Clan Wars. I can’t say that this alone was a turning point for a lot of players, I know of many who were disappointed with WG for not doing this. I also think that balancing issues were problematic for players. Arty and TD’s that could end your game with 1-2 shots. I also realize the last item wasn’t a problem for some but for most of the folks I used to platoon with, it was.
Just my 10 cents
(It used to be 2 cents but it’s now inflation adjusted)
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nittany224
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Post by nittany224 on Jul 18, 2022 1:38:50 GMT
WG has not done a good job of retaining players, in my opinion, due to things that weren’t done. One of the biggest things I can point to was Clan Wars. Right after the gave players the opportunity to create clans, and have their tags show, there was a lot of anticipation, with respect to Clan Wars. I can’t say that this alone was a turning point for a lot of players, I know of many who were disappointed with WG for not doing this. I also think that balancing issues were problematic for players. Arty and TD’s that could end your game with 1-2 shots. I also realize the last item wasn’t a problem for some but for most of the folks I used to platoon with, it was. Just my 10 cents (It used to be 2 cents but it’s now inflation adjusted) Sadly, unless something major is done, I think the veteran playerbases' trust in WGCB and the Devs has been all but shot at this point. I honestly don't see what they could do to turn the ship around and save it. These Devs have made so, so many poor decisions over the past 3-4 years that I really believe the relationship between the game's experienced players and the Devs has been shattered to bits. The trust is gone. The energy is gone. Now it feels like they've inadvertently admitted that they've fucked up and are trying everything they can to turn things around, but it's probably far too little, far too late. If the Devs think they can get by while solely relying on the constant cycle of noobs and bad players/wallet warriors ... well they're in for a rude awakening. That has seemingly been their ultimate plan as of late, and it hasn't worked. As soon as those players are disinterested, this game is pretty much done for. |
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Post by Minto’sFootLongPatrioticAlpaca on Jul 18, 2022 3:02:02 GMT
So long as there are simps in the world that game will exist just fine.
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Snorelacks
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Post by Snorelacks on Jul 18, 2022 20:00:24 GMT
So long as there are simps in the world that game will exist just fine. There are still some things enjoyable about the game. I took an almost 70-day break after 6.0 and came to the realization it was never going to be the same game again...too many changes, but the thing that changed it the most was too many of you guys moving along to other games. The platoons really were the thing that made thsi game what it was for me. Since then, I play between 45-65 games a month just playing the tanks that I enjoyed, focusing casually on a few marks here and there and staying away from grinding or or buying new tanks. It's still enjoyable enough in that context for 10-12 games a week, but it'll never be the same without the gang. |
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Post by Minto’sFootLongPatrioticAlpaca on Jul 19, 2022 4:30:10 GMT
So long as there are simps in the world that game will exist just fine. There are still some things enjoyable about the game. I took an almost 70-day break after 6.0 and came to the realization it was never going to be the same game again...too many changes, but the thing that changed it the most was too many of you guys moving along to other games. The platoons really were the thing that made thsi game what it was for me. Since then, I play between 45-65 games a month just playing the tanks that I enjoyed, focusing casually on a few marks here and there and staying away from grinding or or buying new tanks. It's still enjoyable enough in that context for 10-12 games a week, but it'll never be the same without the gang. See what I mean ^^^  |
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Snorelacks
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Post by Snorelacks on Jul 19, 2022 22:00:05 GMT
There are still some things enjoyable about the game. I took an almost 70-day break after 6.0 and came to the realization it was never going to be the same game again...too many changes, but the thing that changed it the most was too many of you guys moving along to other games. The platoons really were the thing that made thsi game what it was for me. Since then, I play between 45-65 games a month just playing the tanks that I enjoyed, focusing casually on a few marks here and there and staying away from grinding or or buying new tanks. It's still enjoyable enough in that context for 10-12 games a week, but it'll never be the same without the gang. See what I mean ^^^ You got me with the broad brush Bob Ross.  |
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El Materdor43
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Post by El Materdor43 on Jul 19, 2022 23:11:52 GMT
So long as there are simps in the world that game will exist just fine. There are still some things enjoyable about the game. I took an almost 70-day break after 6.0 and came to the realization it was never going to be the same game again...too many changes, but the thing that changed it the most was too many of you guys moving along to other games. The platoons really were the thing that made thsi game what it was for me. Since then, I play between 45-65 games a month just playing the tanks that I enjoyed, focusing casually on a few marks here and there and staying away from grinding or or buying new tanks. It's still enjoyable enough in that context for 10-12 games a week, but it'll never be the same without the gang. I couldn’t agree with you more in terms of platooning. The banter and laughing at each other was far more enjoyable than the game |
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Post by ZER01025 on Jul 20, 2022 7:58:10 GMT
They've destroyed that game. The mercinaries one did it dor me, and then it just got worse from there. I don't really see the point in wasting money on Xbox live anymore, especially after Rockstar made it impossible to gave solo lobbies on GTAV, solo lovbies where you do missions btw.
They also ruined WOWS for me too. Too many damned updates changing the game to keep it interesting. I have better more fulfilling things to throw my money at.
The only game I waste any time on nowdays is Fallout Shelter on switch. Like 10 min a day. I check it, do a mission, make sure my dwellers are goid and move on with my day.
I loved these games and soent countless amounts of money that I will never get back, and that taught me a lesson. Done gaming.
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Post by Shhhhh on Jul 20, 2022 23:41:35 GMT
Not played WOTC in ages, and with the forums gone that killed any chance of my return.
I’m not done with gaming, but I increasingly have less time for it.
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