Not sure if this has been posted here before. Friend of mine just pointed out to me that SC2 online game statistics from xfire don't show very positive future for SC2. It's rapidly dropping which of course isn't good.

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Is this just the casual players doing the sp, trying the mp and then moving on or is there something to be worried about? Or is there just something I'm missing about the stat graph.

There are not much information on how the statistics are calculated so this maybe a bogus info but I thought I would post it if someone can clarify on it.

The link to the xfire page: http://www.xfire.com/games/sc2/StarCraft_II/

Assault_1

Canada1950 Posts

August 21 2010 15:44 GMT

I dont understand why league of legends is played more than sc2

Marradron

Netherlands1586 Posts

August 21 2010 15:45 GMT

I think theyre just reading the ingame number of online gamers ?

But it's normal for a game to drop after release. There's always the people who try out the games in the first few days then start playing less

sixghost

United States2096 Posts

August 21 2010 15:45 GMT

Unless you can somehow put this in context with the first 20-25 days of other big multiplayer releases, I don't see the value in this. Obviously the amount of activity in a game will drop after it's first couple weekends.

G3nXsiS

United States656 Posts

August 21 2010 15:46 GMT

I think its just casual gamers who go into sc2 and finnish the campaign, try the multiplayer and get destroyed by the HUGE starcraft 1 fanbase and then decide that they are too far behind in skill level and just quit.

shannn

Netherlands2891 Posts

August 21 2010 15:47 GMT

I always see ~1million people online on bnet at minimum (and that's at 12 pm-1am CET which shows my next argument).
And I don't have xfire myself which a lot of other people don't have either.
For me it just shows that the people with sc2 and xfire are playing less rather than implying it isn't showing a promising future for sc2.

disformation

Germany8352 Posts

August 21 2010 15:47 GMT

You have to realize that this numbers are only x-fire users playing the game. They get these data from the x-fire clients.

AyJay

1515 Posts

August 21 2010 15:49 GMT

On August 22 2010 00:44 Assault_1 wrote:
I dont understand why league of legends is played more than sc2

It's a free game

Merikh

United States918 Posts

August 21 2010 15:49 GMT

Xfire is a bad source for statistics imo. Not everyone uses xfire and not everyone keeps xfire running when playing sc2 even when they are playing sc2. It's too inconsistent to actually use that data for anything.

KezseN

Singapore1450 Posts

August 21 2010 15:50 GMT

#10

is it 1 million on bent for each region or just the EU region? cus 1 million is the MAX number i saw ever on bnet for SEA

NonY

8751 Posts

August 21 2010 15:52 GMT

#11

On August 22 2010 00:46 G3nXsiS wrote:
I think its just casual gamers who go into sc2 and finnish the campaign, try the multiplayer and get destroyed by the HUGE starcraft 1 fanbase and then decide that they are too far behind in skill level and just quit.

The matchmaking isn't that bad. Most people win around 50% of their matchmaking games. The people at the very very bottom of the ladder, who account for a very small minority, have significantly below 50%, just as the people at the very very top of the ladder have significantly above 50%.

Brazen[six]

Canada203 Posts

August 21 2010 15:52 GMT

#12

All this really shows is that less xfire users are playing sc2 than they did in the beginning.

Piski

Finland3461 Posts

August 21 2010 15:56 GMT

#13

On August 22 2010 00:52 Brazen[six] wrote:
All this really shows is that less xfire users are playing sc2 than they did in the beginning.

I understand that it's only xfire users but stats are stats for a reason, they are usually meant to show the direction. So it would make sense that if xfire users are dropping the other users are dropping too.
That of course doesn't make that a fact, but that's just the reason I decided to post this

junkacc

99 Posts

August 21 2010 15:56 GMT

#14

XFire is not a good measure of total players but it is a good measure of trends. It's the same statistical method Nielson uses for TV ratings, with a constant number of PCs having XFire installed, you can interpolate if the popularity of a game is going up or down.

This is a bad omen for SC2.

Calidus

150 Posts

August 21 2010 16:10 GMT

#15

On August 22 2010 00:44 Assault_1 wrote:
I dont understand why league of legends is played more than sc2

free and it is a watered down Dota/Hon

Sprouter

United States1724 Posts

August 21 2010 16:12 GMT

#16

I think this is more in correlation with school starting than anything else.

Novembermike

United States102 Posts

August 21 2010 16:12 GMT

#17

This happens with every game. You are just looking at less activity as the game goes on. The big test will be what it looks like a year down the line and whether that can support the professional community.

Coach

United States191 Posts

August 21 2010 16:13 GMT

#18

not all SC2 players use xfire.