What is the Obsession with player base?

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Check the forum of any mmo released during the last 10 years. You will see the same threads over and over. And I'm sure the trend will continue. You will have the a wide variety of Threads consisting of:
-No Content
-Players are leaving
-Not enough variety
-This game is doomed if x doesn't happen
-Game X did that so why can't you
-The community is the worst
-The server are always down when I want to play

and so on. Only thing you can do is ignore it. Always keep in mind people who have nothing to complain about are not as active on the forum

To be fair, sometimes a lot of those posts are pretty accurate. I remember a lot of those posts from 1.0 and SE shut down the game and remade it, so apparently the posters were on to something. Also, your post has absolutely nothing to do with the OP, and now mine doesn't either.

OP: People want validation of their choice in video game and looking at subscriber numbers is a misguided attempt to get it. There are some legitimate concerns like if the game has enough subscribers to stay afloat and continue to develop content.