Player stats, sales, and reception speculation thread

[aieeegrunt]

Which we only know after decisions have been made and implementations carried out. Again. It's the same loop.

It's something to think about. Particularly as recent review news seems to be pretty positive.

At this point I am assuming that everyone who dislikes Civ switching knows about it and isn’t going to buy Civ7.

So you might be seeing how the game performs with the subset of the market that either wants or does not care about that feature.

I wonder how it compares with Humankind if you go with that assumption.

 

[Gorbles]

I wonder how it compares with Humankind if you go with that assumption.

By playercount? Pretty positively in VII's favour. But I don't know what comparison you mean, to be fair.

The problem with the image of history in layers is actually a benefit of sorts, that some can be put off by the idea and not the practise. Which means, technically, they're still in a camp that can be convinced by the game as-is (nevermind any future changes).

Which is probably why Firaxis have been marketing the updates as well (imo) as they have. Maybe that's also what the stats are seeing the benefit of.

 

[Crashdummy]

Which we only know after decisions have been made and implementations carried out. Again. It's the same loop.

It's something to think about. Particularly as recent review news seems to be pretty positive.

Yes, and the reviews have changed to positive the first time they announce they are working on continuous civs

We had 8 months of them not doing that, with patches that didnt make a dent on the reviews

 

[Porry]

Yes, and the reviews have changed to positive the first time they announce they are working on continuous civs

I really don't think that's the reason!
The reason is all the improvements introduced patch after patch, thanks to the great work of the devs!

 

[IntelligentDisk]

Yes, and the reviews have changed to positive the first time they announce they are working on continuous civs

We had 8 months of them not doing that, with patches that didnt make a dent on the reviews

You can't say the "one Civ" announcement is the reason the reviews have improved. I skimmed through the English reviews since November 1st and didn't see any reviews mentioning that, but I saw plenty stating that the game has improved since launch through various updates and patches.

Also, the rise began in October after 1.2.5. The positive review % over a week/2 week periods were matching the best ever periods since launch before that announcement. The 1.3 update with free DLC has accelerated the improvement.

 

[Kwami]

Indeed, we were already writing here about the positive trends in player numbers and reviews well before the "play as one civ" announcement was made. And people who aren't buying the game until that feature is added also aren't leaving reviews. So, there's no reason to think that the announcement has anything to do with it.

 

[Crashdummy]

I really don't think that's the reason!
The reason is all the improvements introduced patch after patch, thanks to the great work of the devs!

Right, all those 8 months introducing improvements that NEVER had any impact, suddenly had impact now, after this particular patch and announcement?

Sure

 

[sonicmyst]

I suppose the sale and free dlc helped as well. I believe there are still those who simply wait for discount, and I have seen few in reddit who are new to civ game and liked it.

 

[IntelligentDisk]

Right, all those 8 months introducing improvements that NEVER had any impact, suddenly had impact now, after this particular patch and announcement?

Sure

Show us all the positive Steam reviews praising the announcement of "one Civ" mode.

 

[Kwami]

Right, all those 8 months introducing improvements that NEVER had any impact, suddenly had impact now, after this particular patch and announcement?

Sure

As previously stated, the positive trend started many weeks before that announcement.