1. People don't play a game more because they paid more for it.
2. A class-based multiplayer FPS overlaps that much more than a
team-based FPS with a singleplayer RPG?
3. Same thing applies to CS:S. TF2 players shouldn't have dropped that
much from new games unless people were tired of the gameplay.
4. 57692 -> 54742 is a 5% drop, not 10%. Compare this with a 60% drop
for TF2 in November.
5. This is a temporary expansion from winter break and a new patch
that will subside in a month. The player count is still under CS:S.
Stop using Skyrim as a scapegoat. You cannot include people who leave
TF2 every time a new game comes out as part of the TF2 playerbase. It
is obvious to me that more people are playing CS:S instead of leaving
for new games like TF2 players because of the lack of variety.
On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 2:50 AM, bp <badpazzw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 11:28, Robert Paulson <thepauls...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Can you please explain why CS:S players did not drop during that time then?
>
> Multiple possible explanations:
>
> 1. Because people who have *bought the game* are more invested than F2P's
> 2. Because the CS:S and the Skyrim (etc.) communities overlap less
> 3. Because the above effects compound across social connections ("all
> my friends are playing Skyrim and the TF2 server is empty...")
> 4. Because the CS:S players also dropped by roughly 10%
> 5. Because even despite this more recent drop, TF2 has still DOUBLED in size
>
> --bp
>
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