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How popular is GW2?
All I see there are a list of games that have been out for way longer than GW2.
Crystal Desert
We Came To Dance [WCTD]
GW2 isn’t interesting to watch.
Twitch can be misleading though, especially with old console games. You might think “WTF, Super Mario 64 has THAT many viewers?” but there’s a whole speed running community around old console games, and usually it’s 1 or 2 streams that are attracting all the viewers.
But back to the main point: GW2 isn’t interesting to watch.
What I don’t understand is why ArenaNet doesn’t wise up about how great Twitch is as an advertising platform to attract people to their game, go contact the Twitch guys, sign up for their API, and implement easy streaming built into GW2 like Call of Duty recently did. If anyone could just click a button while in game and instantly stream to Twitch, there would be a lot more streams.
Yet still. Guild Wars 2 isn’t interesting to watch.
Personalities have a lot to do with it too. Kripparrian was attracting a lot of viewers in the early weeks of GW2, but he stopped playing after his ban.
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Because Anet does not keep their word and changes everything all the time .
I really feel i can not even trust theses devs anymore they make just horriable chioces in which way this game is going.
I watched 13 people leave my guild tonite to back to our old game because of broken promises and by tomm i expect to see more if that happens i will have no choice to follow.
Just to many broken promises Anet just to many.
80-Guardian /80- Mesmer
All I see there are a list of games that have been out for way longer than GW2.
StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is not even out yet
Black Ops 2 release date: Nov 2012
Path of Exile, still in Beta.
Borderlands 2 (2 weeks after GW2)
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If GW2 here you mean is Guild Wars 2… well it’s not too popular, frankly. BUT if you mean Glitch Wars 2… everyone know!
Im not jokking or j/k or whatever but that’s the truth ehehe
GW2 isn’t interesting to watch.
Twitch can be misleading though, especially with old console games. You might think “WTF, Super Mario 64 has THAT many viewers?” but there’s a whole speed running community around old console games, and usually it’s 1 or 2 streams that are attracting all the viewers.
But back to the main point: GW2 isn’t interesting to watch.
What I don’t understand is why ArenaNet doesn’t wise up about how great Twitch is as an advertising platform to attract people to their game, go contact the Twitch guys, sign up for their API, and implement easy streaming built into GW2 like Call of Duty recently did. If anyone could just click a button while in game and instantly stream to Twitch, there would be a lot more streams.
Yet still. Guild Wars 2 isn’t interesting to watch.
Personalities have a lot to do with it too. Kripparrian was attracting a lot of viewers in the early weeks of GW2, but he stopped playing after his ban.
I still watch Kripparrian He plays PoE now. Sux he got banned for mistakes of the devs.
The why question is easy to answer. And the answer is essentially the same as the answer to why GW2 will be less popular on 2/26 than it was on 2/25.
Anet started with an awesome premise for the game, a truly new MMO. It launched a fantastic MMO that largely delivered on their vision—to the extent a new release could. Beginning with the 11/15 they changed their vision and trajectory. Each patch is a step away from the original compelling vision for a new and truly different MMO. Were they on the course they originally charted, you wouldn’t need to ask the question.
lol @ runescape
I submit that twitch.tv isn’t popular.
I mean why watch other people play the game, when YOU can play the game… honestly…
The channel sounds like paintdry.tv, grassgrow.tv, or snookie.tv….
I don’t care to watch that kitten.
WTF is twitch.tv?
I submit that twitch.tv isn’t popular.
I mean why watch other people play the game, when YOU can play the game… honestly…
The channel sounds like paintdry.tv, grassgrow.tv, or snookie.tv….
I don’t care to watch that kitten.
It’s the most popular game streaming website in the world.
There are no other good sites. Youtube isn’t made for gamestreams.
just to let you know, at the point i made this post,
League of legends had 28000 viewers
Guild Wars 2: 130 viewers
I submit that twitch.tv isn’t popular.
I mean why watch other people play the game, when YOU can play the game… honestly…
The channel sounds like paintdry.tv, grassgrow.tv, or snookie.tv….
I don’t care to watch that kitten.It’s the most popular game streaming website in the world.
There are no other good sites. Youtube isn’t made for gamestreams.
just to let you know, at the point i made this post,
League of legends had 28000 viewers
Guild Wars 2: 130 viewers
I never heard of it… yawn.
WTF is twitch.tv?
it’s TWITCH.TV it’s the most popular game streaming website in WORLD.
Even arenanet streams on it sometimes
Thank you for the list of other games to play now that I have quit.
I was so busy grinding in this game that I didn’t have time to go have fun doing these sorts of things that actually reward with fun times.
the light! And if we dance, until the heart explodes,
It’ll make this place ignite!
Oh. In the world.
I submit that twitch.tv isn’t popular.
I mean why watch other people play the game, when YOU can play the game… honestly…
The channel sounds like paintdry.tv, grassgrow.tv, or snookie.tv….
I don’t care to watch that kitten.It’s the most popular game streaming website in the world.
There are no other good sites. Youtube isn’t made for gamestreams.
just to let you know, at the point i made this post,
League of legends had 28000 viewers
Guild Wars 2: 130 viewersI never heard of it… yawn.
Arenanet streams on it… i guesse you don’t know much then.
Planetside wasn’t there? Shame. Top game.
hard to say how popular a game really is. however I will note I am quietly look and waiting for any other possible new MMO’s at this time.
Oh. In the world.
Oh, the places you will go
the people you will meet
Because Anet does not keep their word and changes everything all the time .
I really feel i can not even trust theses devs anymore they make just horriable chioces in which way this game is going.
I watched 13 people leave my guild tonite to back to our old game because of broken promises and by tomm i expect to see more if that happens i will have no choice to follow.
Just to many broken promises Anet just to many.
Counting the days to Neverwinter man, know the feeling. Last patch lost the GM the founded my guild because his main is a necro, I’m an engi and even we arent suffering as much as the necros are right now sheesh.
I would not doubt it if we lost quite a few people simply because they didn’t use a PTR to properly test this patch and reset the dailies multiple times, people in my guild and on my server were all enraged. When it reset for me right before I could finish I just plain logged out I was so disgusted.
Why are those other games more popular? Somewhere along the way after launch AN lost their connection to the public, Not sure why but they did. They’ve been making decisions as if none of them have ever played an mmo before both in regards to the way the game is designed overall and with implementing things that history should tell them would fail miserably because other gaming companies have tried those very same things only to alienate their own players.
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I submit that twitch.tv isn’t popular.
I mean why watch other people play the game, when YOU can play the game… honestly…
The channel sounds like paintdry.tv, grassgrow.tv, or snookie.tv….
I don’t care to watch that kitten.It’s the most popular game streaming website in the world.
There are no other good sites. Youtube isn’t made for gamestreams.
just to let you know, at the point i made this post,
League of legends had 28000 viewers
Guild Wars 2: 130 viewersI never heard of it… yawn.
Arenanet streams on it… i guesse you don’t know much then.
Ok, chuckles…
Your logic is that GW2 isn’t popular because your 3rd rate tv channel doesn’t have views on it…
Honestly OP, no one cares about twitchy channel or whatever…
Pokemon’s one of the most popular games around, actually.
I submit that twitch.tv isn’t popular.
I mean why watch other people play the game, when YOU can play the game… honestly…
The channel sounds like paintdry.tv, grassgrow.tv, or snookie.tv….
I don’t care to watch that kitten.It’s the most popular game streaming website in the world.
There are no other good sites. Youtube isn’t made for gamestreams.
just to let you know, at the point i made this post,
League of legends had 28000 viewers
Guild Wars 2: 130 viewersI never heard of it… yawn.
Arenanet streams on it… i guesse you don’t know much then.
Ok, chuckles…
Your logic is that GW2 isn’t popular because your 3rd rate tv channel doesn’t have views on it…
Honestly OP, no one cares about twitchy channel or whatever…
You must have some amazing dodging skills. Not even I can dodge pop culture.
the light! And if we dance, until the heart explodes,
It’ll make this place ignite!
How does that list matter? Cyclocross being less popular than soccer doesn’t make cyclocross a bad sport. Quite the opposite actually given how fundamentally boring soccer is … the most popular sport in the world. Yea…
I mean … runescape is more popular than Brood War. What would you make of that?
Delayed content is eventually good. Rushed content is eternally bad. ~ Shigeru Miyamoto
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How does that list matter? Cyclocross being less popular than soccer doesn’t make cyclocross a bad sport. Quite the opposite actually given how fundamentally boring soccer is … the most popular sport in the world. Yea…
I mean … runescape is more popular than Brood War. What would you make of that?
What i make of that? Runescape is more popular. Still i think Brood War is a better game. However, it’s really old and starcraft 2 is here + expansion. And they have more viewers than runescape. Cus it’s a better game.
How does that list matter? Cyclocross being less popular than soccer doesn’t make cyclocross a bad sport. Quite the opposite actually given how fundamentally boring soccer is … the most popular sport in the world. Yea…
I mean … runescape is more popular than Brood War. What would you make of that?
What i make of that? Runescape is more popular. Still i think Brood War is a better game. However, it’s really old and starcraft 2 is here + expansion. And they have more viewers than runescape. Cus it’s a better game.
Non sequitur. Soccer has the most viewers of all sports. It is anything but the best game.
Delayed content is eventually good. Rushed content is eternally bad. ~ Shigeru Miyamoto
I want the same list, but only for MMOs. But I want the list based on new data that has evaluated only MMOs. Otherwise its useless data.
How does that list matter? Cyclocross being less popular than soccer doesn’t make cyclocross a bad sport. Quite the opposite actually given how fundamentally boring soccer is … the most popular sport in the world. Yea…
I mean … runescape is more popular than Brood War. What would you make of that?
What i make of that? Runescape is more popular. Still i think Brood War is a better game. However, it’s really old and starcraft 2 is here + expansion. And they have more viewers than runescape. Cus it’s a better game.
Non sequitur. Soccer has the most viewers of all sports. It is anything but the best game.
All-in-all these are just opinions, some people would find sport B better than A. Even if A is more popular. I’m just talking about popularity, more viewers = more popular. This does not mean it’s a better game. But most of the times it is, why else would it be so popular? (you could say runescape is free 2 play, but GW2 had way more viewers when it launched, but because of the bad state of the game, it dropped ultra low + they ban smart players for no reason and call it exploit)
How does that list matter? Cyclocross being less popular than soccer doesn’t make cyclocross a bad sport. Quite the opposite actually given how fundamentally boring soccer is … the most popular sport in the world. Yea…
I mean … runescape is more popular than Brood War. What would you make of that?
What i make of that? Runescape is more popular. Still i think Brood War is a better game. However, it’s really old and starcraft 2 is here + expansion. And they have more viewers than runescape. Cus it’s a better game.
Non sequitur. Soccer has the most viewers of all sports. It is anything but the best game.
All-in-all these are just opinions, some people would find sport B better than A. Even if A is more popular. I’m just talking about popularity, more viewers = more popular. This does not mean it’s a better game. But most of the times it is, why else would it be so popular?
I don’t know man. Windows is the most popular OS even though it’s arguably the worst between OS X and Linux. Heineken is incredibly popular worldwide even though it’s well known as a bad beer. WoW is the most popular MMO even though everyone agrees it’s bland at best and boring at worst. Whether or not you think Lady Gaga makes good music is irrelevant, she sure is queen of Twitter. No one likes facebook yet it’s the most popular of all antisocial media. And why is that airhead the most popular girl in school?
The majority of humans are sheep. People tend to flock together, which makes things popular because they are popular. Quality is often not a relevant argument. As such, popularity coming from being a good game, is a non sequitur. More precise, it is an argumentum ad populum and a logical fallacy.
Delayed content is eventually good. Rushed content is eternally bad. ~ Shigeru Miyamoto
How does that list matter? Cyclocross being less popular than soccer doesn’t make cyclocross a bad sport. Quite the opposite actually given how fundamentally boring soccer is … the most popular sport in the world. Yea…
I mean … runescape is more popular than Brood War. What would you make of that?
What i make of that? Runescape is more popular. Still i think Brood War is a better game. However, it’s really old and starcraft 2 is here + expansion. And they have more viewers than runescape. Cus it’s a better game.
Non sequitur. Soccer has the most viewers of all sports. It is anything but the best game.
All-in-all these are just opinions, some people would find sport B better than A. Even if A is more popular. I’m just talking about popularity, more viewers = more popular. This does not mean it’s a better game. But most of the times it is, why else would it be so popular?
I don’t know man. Windows is the most popular OS even though it’s arguably the worst between OS X and Linux. Heineken is incredibly popular worldwide even though it’s well known as a bad beer. WoW is the most popular MMO even though everyone agrees it’s bland at best and boring at worst. Whether or not you think Lady Gaga makes good music is irrelevant, she sure is queen of Twitter. No one likes facebook yet it’s the most popular of all antisocial media. And why is that airhead the most popular girl in school?
The majority of humans are sheep. People tend to flock together, which makes things popular because they are popular. Quality is often not a relevant argument. As such, popularity coming from being a good game, is a non sequitur. More precise, it is an argumentum ad populum and a logical fallacy.
Good point ^^ Thanks for your feed back (u win :p)
I watch my brother play DayZ from time to time, it’s a hillariously cutthroat game. I must admit I like it.
Hi everyone,
Discussing other games or their popularity has no room on the GW2 forums. Please refrain from this behaviour in the future. These forums are only for Guild Wars 2 related discussion or issues.
Thanks for your understanding.
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