A new tactic for the dissatisfied

[AlexiaD]

You are inferring something that I am not implying at all.

You seem to think that I'm talking about FFXIV players specifically. I'm not. I'm talking about all my friends across all games, regardless of whether or not they are playing FFXIV.

It is a difference I see in those who are heavy Steam users in general, regardless of whether or not they play FFXIV and regardless of whether they use Steam for their platform if they do, compared to those I know who do not use Steam but are on PC. Like you, I use the PC version of FFXIV but I also use Steam for other games (hence my comments elsewhere about how someone would think I don't play anything but Cities: Skiylines and Darkest Dungeon if they were monitoring my Steam activity).

I'm not pulling the victim card. If there's a victim here, it's you and you're doing it to yourself with your constant negative narrative. That's an unhealthy mindset to plant yourself in. But it's also your choice to do it.

And right on schedule, there's Titanmen on your heels. I'm starting to wonder if a couple of people around here are right and you two really are one and the same.

1st of all, I aint dealing with your weird paranoia of seeing Titanmen everywhere, I aint a psychologist nor a psychiatrist, my alt accounts are very well visible, the name of the character always has the same ending to it, I have absolutely nothing to hide.

As for the actual claim, who cares about other games, this is about FFXIV and what you implied is exactly what I mentioned earlier, there is no misunderstanding to it, your point made absolutely 0 sense and now you are trying to talk to me about "my negativity" and literally going on about other topics because you know what you said made absolutely no sense.

Steam/Standalone are the same kind of players.

Burden is on you to show evidence since you are so insistent on it being different, I'll wait.

until then

Why would steam players behave differently than non-steam players?

So you just claim steam player base behaves very differently without source, got it.

[Jojoya]

As for the actual claim, who cares about other games, this is about FFXIV and what you implied is exactly what I mentioned earlier, there is no misunderstanding to it, your point made absolutely 0 sense and now you are trying to talk to me about "my negativity" and literally going on about other topics because you know what you said made absolutely no sense.

Because greater access to games will change what players choose to play and how often.

That shouldn't be difficult to figure out.

We can sit here and argue this out for the next decade but short of SE releasing active player counts by platform, neither side of the discussion has proof of anything other than the number of players logging into FFXIV through Steam has changed since Endwalker released.

I've pointed out reasons why I believe those numbers may not be an accurate sampling compared to the actual numbers for this game. The changes in the Lucky Bancho active character census numbers likewise don't agree with the Steam numbers.

You don't have any proof that those who don't log into FFXIV via Steam have the same gaming habits as those who do anymore than I have proof that they don't. Neither side has proof of anything here other than fewer players are logging to FFXIV via Steam now than when Endwalker launched.

You can sit there screaming "the sky is falling!" as much as you want but it's not going to change anything. SE has far more accurate data on the numbers than any player will ever have. They're going to know what the turnover has been, and how it compared to prior expansions. They're going to know what demographic is having the biggest impact on those numbers based on what content is seeing a larger drop in participation compared to the drops that occurred in previous expansions. They will react to anything out of the ordinary in whatever fashion makes the best business sense to them, which may mean they do nothing at all.

Just for the heck of it, I went to Steam to check the user reviews for Endwalker. If so many users of the Steam client have stopped playing because they feel the expansion is bad, I was expecting to see a fairly large number of negative reviews showing up in their graphs over the last few months.



We see the review bombing from the expansion start due to the log in queues then the negative reviews swiftly disappear.

Out of the last 100 reviews submitted to Steam (reaching back to December of last year), 77 are positive.

Of the 23 negative, it's a mix of reasons with the largest percentage complaining about trying to purchase the game and play for the first time followed by some of the same issues that have been brought up in the forums. Then there are the random Not Recommended reviews with comments that include "still waiting on the sex update" and "ass" (seriously, feel free to see for yourself).

If we look at the numbers going all that back to launch, there are 1317 reviews with 205 of them Not Recommended (again, mostly the review bombs because of the login problems).

Considering the discussions we've had here in recent weeks about how people usually only leave feedback when they're unhappy, doesn't it seem strange that 84% of reviews are positive during a period when the game has allegedly lost 70% of its players because the game sucks?

Or could it be that the drop isn't because players are unhappy but because most of them are just following normal MMORPG patterns and taking a break to play some of the other high profile titles that have been released in recent months?

We can't know short of tracking every single one of those players down and getting them to tell us why they are not currently playing.

Anyway, there's some proof that the number of players unhappy with the game aren't as high as some claim, coming from the same source that is supposedly showing players are unhappy and quitting. We're all free to interpret however we want. It still makes no difference.

SE is going to do what they want with the game.

[AlexiaD]

We can sit here and argue this out for the next decade but short of SE releasing active player counts by platform, neither side of the discussion has proof of anything other than the number of players logging into FFXIV through Steam has changed since Endwalker released.

Except you are the one pretending that they are different, the burden is actually on you, not me, gamers are gamers, be it on steam or any other pc platform, you can stop with that, it makes no sense.

You don't have any proof that those who don't log into FFXIV via Steam have the same gaming habits as those who do anymore than I have proof that they don't. Neither side has proof of anything here other than fewer players are logging to FFXIV via Steam now than when Endwalker launched

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Once again, burden is on you, because it makes absolutely 0 sense, gamers are gamers.

Just for the heck of it, I went to Steam to check the user reviews for Endwalker. If so many users of the Steam client have stopped playing because they feel the expansion is bad, I was expecting to see a fairly large number of negative reviews showing up in their graphs over the last few months.

Really dude ? Lol, going by reviews now ? talk about grasping for straws

Anyway, there's some proof that the number of players unhappy with the game aren't as high as some claim, coming from the same source that is supposedly showing players are unhappy and quitting. We're all free to interpret however we want. It still makes no difference.

SE is going to do what they want with the game.

Thanks, the steam chart numbers prove otherwise, but you can have your echo chamber of toxic positivity if you want, that's fine with me, I will respond to it and prove you wrong with actual statistics though, something you are unable to provide because you have nothing to back your claims.

[Jojoya]

Except you are the one pretending that they are different, the burden is actually on you, not me, gamers are gamers, be it on steam or any other pc platform, you can stop with that, it makes no sense.

I think I can rest my case now.

Not everyone who plays considers themselves a gamer, nor does everyone who considers themselves a gamer play the same way.

Need evidence? No need to look any farther than these forums and even in this thread.

You can stop with your own nonsense now.

Pretty much, I'm still waiting on either Jojoya or Renathras to give me evidence that steam players play differently than Standalone players, and by evidence, I dont mean "my friends do this" I mean actual evidence.

I have a feeling I'll wait for a very long time, I have done my part and showed evidence of my claim, let's see theirs.

Could you link back to your proof that all gamers are the same? I can't seem to find it.

[Stormpeaks]

I think I can rest my case now.

Not everyone who plays considers themselves a gamer, nor does everyone who considers themselves a gamer play the same way.

Need evidence? No need to look any farther than these forums and even in this thread.

You can stop with your own nonsense now.

It's ok dont worry, I can rest my case too with this :

So you just claim steam player base behaves very differently without source, got it.

[Jojoya]

It's ok dont worry, I can rest my case too with this :

But Saraide didn't provide any sources prove that the player base behaves the same whether Steam or standalone.

Double standard much?

Both sides can be convinced they're right but neither will ever be able to provide proof. Why?

Because SE doesn't release demographic information for FFXIV. They also don't release active player counts.

Here's a link to an article with some general statistics across the gaming industry, though not all of what they reference is specific to 2023:

https://playtoday.co/blog/stats/gamer-demographics/

Here's some Steam statistics as of 2022.

https://sidetrain.com/guides/steam-u...hic-statistics

I could get a brief glance at the 2023 from Statista.com before a pop-up window blocks them because of a paywall.

https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1...r-share-by-age
https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1...hare-by-gender

If I can remember correctly, age demographics were roughly 5% 18-19, 33% 20-29, 34% 30-39, 20% 40-49 with the remainder over 50. US user by gender was about 80% male to 20% female (compared to the PlayToday international numbers of 70% male to 30% female).

The best I can find for demographics for FFXIV come from a quoted 2022 NHK poll (NHK is Japan's public media organization).

According to a poll by NHK, the demographics of people who play FFXIV are 49.2% female, 50.8% male.

Age groups are as follows:
~19 years old: 3.7%
20-29: 38.2%
30-39: 39.7%
40-49: 15.5%
50-59: 2.6%
60+: 0.4%

While the age groups more or less align with Steam, the gender split does not.

So it appears that Steam users are 70/30 male to female and PS4/5 users 59/41 male to female. If those numbers are assumed to be representative of those using those platforms to play FFXIV as well, what is left to explain how FFXIV gets to 51/49 male to female? The standalone PC group. That would have to be predominantly female to get the gender ratio to match what is reported for the game.

Do you believe both genders are going to have the same gaming habits by age considering women are still generally burdened with most of the child raising and household management duties?

Everyone can drag their proof out. None of it means anything because we'll are still making assumptions that may or may not be accurate. Only SE knows what is happening and they're not talking.

[Stormpeaks]

But Saraide didn't provide any sources prove that the player base behaves the same whether Steam or standalone.

Double standard much?

Both sides can be convinced they're right but neither will ever be able to provide proof. Why?

Because SE doesn't release demographic information for FFXIV. They also don't release active player counts.

Here's a link to an article with some general statistics across the gaming industry, though not all of what they reference is specific to 2023:

https://playtoday.co/blog/stats/gamer-demographics/

Here's some Steam statistics as of 2022.

https://sidetrain.com/guides/steam-u...hic-statistics

I could get a brief glance at the 2023 from Statista.com before a pop-up window blocks them because of a paywall.

https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1...r-share-by-age
https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1...hare-by-gender

If I can remember correctly, age demographics were roughly 5% 18-19, 33% 20-29, 34% 30-39, 20% 40-49 with the remainder over 50. US user by gender was about 80% male to 20% female (compared to the PlayToday international numbers of 70% male to 30% female).

The best I can find for demographics for FFXIV come from a quoted 2022 NHK poll (NHK is Japan's public media organization).



While the age groups more or less align with Steam, the gender split does not.

So it appears that Steam users are 70/30 male to female and PS4/5 users 59/41 male to female. If those numbers are assumed to be representative of those using those platforms to play FFXIV as well, what is left to explain how FFXIV gets to 51/49 male to female? The standalone PC group. That would have to be predominantly female to get the gender ratio to match what is reported for the game.

Do you believe both genders are going to have the same gaming habits by age considering women are still generally burdened with most of the child raising and household management duties?

Everyone can drag their proof out. None of it means anything because we'll are still making assumptions that may or may not be accurate. Only SE knows what is happening and they're not talking.

what the actual hell are you talking about age ranges LOL and what does this have to do with steam users playing games differently than standalone users ?

just stop lmao, what a waste of time

[Renathras]

But Saraide didn't provide any sources prove that the player base behaves the same whether Steam or standalone.

Double standard much?

Yes, very much. It doesn't matter what evidence you present, none of it will be taken seriously. Meanwhile, they can present no evidence and believe that everyone must agree to them and anyone who does not has to prove the negative.

Worse, many forget when they ARE given evidence, or ignore it. All but one of the claims in this thread I provided evidence to in past discussions, yet people bring them up insisting it never happened. They disagreed with what was presented, and so concluded nothing was presented.

But keep up the good fight. I honestly don't get why some people are so ideologically consumed that they think that way, but hey, it is what it is. You've already been throw into the box with me as persona non grata, though, so don't expect them to listen.

[Saraide]

But Saraide didn't provide any sources prove that the player base behaves the same whether Steam or standalone.

Double standard much?

No, my first post in this discussion was asking renathras for source on their claim that steam players behave differently than non-steam players. Which they failed to provide of course but pretended that they could. I wish they had because I'm pretty tired of player count arguments. If you or anyone else managed to actually shut it down with real evidence I would be grateful. Because no one genuinely cares about player numbers.