Bungie,
Can you tell us in one of your future TWABs why D2 playerbase is declining and what’s your plan to prevent that.
FYI: The above link (chart) shows steam population only from one major expansion to another. The chart shows the following 2 problems… a major decline in returning players at the start of each expansion, and another declining trend the very next month right after the release of each expansion.
Here is another chart showing today’s D2 Population for Steam, PSN, and Xbox
https://imgur.com/gallery/IXGgcnI
Although it shows steam population around 50% the more realistic number is around 35% for each of these platforms (including steam). Regardless of the exact percentage… steam population on average represents one-third of the overall playerbase… and that can be used as a viable indicator that there is a major problem for steam D2 playerbase.
Lastly, I suspect that console playerbase is facing a similar trend in decline from one major expansion to another. Although I do not have any numbers to back up such statement.
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6 RepliesEdited by Dredgen Truth: 8/4/2022 8:13:23 PMThere is a consistent delta in any game, in which the amount of players steadily decreases the longer a game has been out for. In many games some people dont even boot it up after buying it. When you look at achievement statistics in any given game somewhere between 7-10% dont even have the first achievement. And that number always gets higher the further into the game you look. Destiny is 8, going on 9 years old now. No matter what bungie did the playerbase would be declining. Eventually only the most dedicated of us will be left, and thats not because of anything bungies doing wrong, thats just because not many people can handle playing the same game for a decade.