amount of people online is concerning

[CareBear59]

Im on the Xbox side of things,so I don't how many people on average play on the PS4 side,but the most I see online recently at the highest is a little under 5.000.Im assuming that this game at least sold somewhere between 100k-200k.Im guessing that the PS4 side has more players,so that would be around 10k-13k at the most all together who play this game online(my math may be off and if it is please correct me).Now is it me or isn't that a bad sign that only 3 months out from the release that we barely have a little over 5-10% of people who bought this game still actively play it online?

[1stChrisso]

Quote: Originally Posted by CareBear59

Im on the Xbox side of things,so I don't how many people on average play on the PS4 side,but the most I see online recently at the highest is a little under 5.000.Im assuming that this game at least sold somewhere between 100k-200k.Im guessing that the PS4 side has more players,so that would be around 10k-13k at the most all together who play this game online(my math may be off and if it is please correct me).Now is it me or isn't that a bad sign that only 3 months out from the release that we barely have a little over 5-10% of people who bought this game still actively play it online?

Aholbert comment incoming ... "Most people (me too btw) play offline. Case closed."

On PS4 Europe on weekends it's currently not much more than 5.000 people online. That can't be successful imho.

[ImAnOlogist]

The third is just following the trend of the first two. High initial sales and a slow dwindle to the hardcores, veterans. This occurs in every niche fighter.



Examples A, B.



Nothing to worry about, this pattern still secured a 3rd installment and support comes from the initial purchases on release week not who's buying it now. The numbers you see for online in "ranked" have no reflection on active player base.

[1stChrisso]

Quote: Originally Posted by ImAnOlogist

... a slow dwindle to the hardcores, veterans. This occurs in every niche fighter.

Don't you think it is a problem that only hardcores and veterans play the game? Btw MMA is a fast growing sport. In the end the game isn't very good. If it would be more people would play and keep it.

[Sivo]

mma isnt a fast growing sport anymore, u could argue it hit it's peak a couple of years back with conor and ronda. I dont know about numbers but i imagine the us has a large mma base whereas the rest of the world it still hasnt taken off to the same degree(i still hear most ppl saying it hugging etc when they're grappling). Hell bisping winning the title and being the first uk fighter to hold one it didnt even make headlines in the uk and was relegated to 5 pages into the sports section of the news. its still largely seen as cage fighting which was shown by the mainstream news when conor fought floyd. It may just be the US has a large player base for the game and europe will just have to struggle with lower numbers.

As has been said before tho, the xbox has ea access which will hurt sales and player base also there hasnt been a huge ppv(conor fighting)which pulls in allot of casual players yet in this game cycle.

Atleast where i live they are all still boxing fans and see mma fighters as thugs/street fighters

[Not_Entertained]

Quote: Originally Posted by 1stChrisso

Don't you think it is a problem that only hardcores and veterans play the game? Btw MMA is a fast growing sport. In the end the game isn't very good. If it would be more people would play and keep it.

Sales are not indicative at all as to whether a game is good or bad. Classic example is of course COD (which is a horrible franchise that keeps casuals buying new installments every year).

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by 1stChrisso

Aholbert comment incoming ... "Most people (me too btw) play offline. Case closed." On PS4 Europe on weekends it's currently not much more than 5.000 people online. That can't be successful imho.

LOL!!!!!

I honestly wasnt going to post in this thread since we've seen alot of them and the same points are being made.

What I am gonna do is bookmark this thread so that when UFC 4 has around 5k on ps4 3 mos after release, I can point to this thread and remind everyone that the same thing happened in ufc 2 and 3.

[1stChrisso]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

LOL!!!!! I honestly wasnt going to post in this thread ...

I knew you wouldn't resist.