For a bit of background, the game does have some PR behind it, but it’s not the the scale you see triple A titles going for and there’s a reason for that; we want the game to have a steady growth. We’re lucky to have a very supportive publisher who believe in the game and it’s longevity, they aren’t concerned that Boundless hasn’t had a million players through the door, because they believe (and so do we) that the game is going to continue to grow and improve.

I think Phil from Square Enix Collective said it pretty well in another thread so to quote him:

Odd question maybe about 100 players per world

Thinking about the structure of the game, as its publisher, I would rather it grow at a steady rate over a long period of time in a sustainable way, then welcome in 100,000 new players in a week and subsequently struggle to scale.

Because the game is entirely player-generated, growth is a balance - the economy, the planet map, the portal networks, everything in the game suits a long-term view. There’s a worrying tendency these days for people to look at concurrent users of games which are entirely unrepresentative and assume because this game doesn’t yet match them, it’s a terrible thing.

As things stand there are a good number of active players each day (hint: not ‘concurrents’ which is active players at any one time) and the engagement rates are very promising. The universe and its economy are in the process of stabilising after a wipe and fresh start. The nature of the game is such that if there were a million active players tomorrow, it wouldn’t make the game experience better for anybody.

So I totally understand your perspective here btw - but too much too soon isn’t our priority. I guess, in other words, no cause for concern at this point!

The exciting thing for us as developers is thinking how much the game will improve by this time next year with a mix of quality new features, bug fixes and optimisations.

Advertisement