Indie MMO Spotlight: Fractured Online Opens To Tens Of Players | MMORPG.com

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• mikeb0817 Member UncommonPosts: 171

  July 28 edited July 28

  10's of players!! Gahahahah

  and 1 other.
• strawhat0981 Member RarePosts: 1,223

  July 28

  10's of players, seems kinda mean thing to say.

  and 3 others.

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• mitech616 Member UncommonPosts: 108

  July 28

  What do you guys have against Fractured Online to just rip in them in a headline?
  
  Who hurt you?

  
• Sovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,780

  July 28

  It is a bit unprofessional but it's not really untrue. Or at least, if looking at steam it seems that there are currently 165 players with a 28.2 monthly average.

  
  

  So not exactly wrong. Having said that, maybe they also have their own launcher and therefore more players?
  

  

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• Wargfoot Member EpicPosts: 1,406

  July 28

  
  

  Sovrath said:

  
  

  It is a bit unprofessional but it's not really untrue. Or at least, if looking at steam it seems that there are currently 165 players with a 28.2 monthly average.

  
  

  So not exactly wrong. Having said that, maybe they also have their own launcher and therefore more players?
  

  
  

  
  
  Most long-time players use the non-steam launcher, according to the developers.
  
  The game peaked this week at about 300 players online at one time - according to the developer Discord post. (sorry, no link)
  
  So yeah, the 10s of players crack does seem a bit mean-spirited.

  
• KnightFalz Member EpicPosts: 4,522

  July 28

  
  

  Wargfoot said:

  
  

  
  
  

  Sovrath said:

  
  
  

  It is a bit unprofessional but it's not really untrue. Or at least, if looking at steam it seems that there are currently 165 players with a 28.2 monthly average.

  
  

  So not exactly wrong. Having said that, maybe they also have their own launcher and therefore more players?
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  Most long-time players use the non-steam launcher, according to the developers.
  
  
  
  The game peaked this week at about 300 players online at one time - according to the developer Discord post. (sorry, no link)
  
  
  
  So yeah, the 10s of players crack does seem a bit mean-spirited.

  
  

  
  
  I wouldn't be surprised. People should beware of putting too much stock in Steam numbers when alternative means of play for a game exist. In some cases that access greatly precedes Steam availability such that the lion's share of population accesses the game otherwise.

  
• Xiaoki Member EpicPosts: 4,036

  July 28

  KnightFalz said:

  
  

  Wargfoot said:

  
  

  
  
  

  Sovrath said:

  
  
  

  It is a bit unprofessional but it's not really untrue. Or at least, if looking at steam it seems that there are currently 165 players with a 28.2 monthly average.

  
  

  So not exactly wrong. Having said that, maybe they also have their own launcher and therefore more players?
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  Most long-time players use the non-steam launcher, according to the developers.
  
  
  
  The game peaked this week at about 300 players online at one time - according to the developer Discord post. (sorry, no link)
  
  
  
  So yeah, the 10s of players crack does seem a bit mean-spirited.

  
  

  
  
  I wouldn't be surprised. People should beware of putting too much stock in Steam numbers when alternative means of play for a game exist. In some cases that access greatly precedes Steam availability such that the lion's share of population accesses the game otherwise.

  
  

  And if Discord total of 300 players are accurate that would place the Steam numbers at or above half the population.

  
  

  So, the Steam numbers would have some stock.
  
• cdubbz Member UncommonPosts: 71

  July 29

  You'd think this was going to be a Fractured Online hit piece with that headline, but no just someone's weird attempt at a mean spirited joke.

  
• Robokapp Member UncommonPosts: 146

  July 29

  i smirked.
  
  if your MMO is not massively-multiplayer due to playercount, can you sue for false advertising?

  
• stkmro Member UncommonPosts: 4

  July 29

  This type of game like Fractured Online is niche game. No other developers want to make this type of game anymore. It's either you like to play or don't like to play. Some people like it very much. Just building a house will take about 3 to 4 hours. It's a long term marathon game.

  
• KnightFalz Member EpicPosts: 4,522

  July 29

  Xiaoki said:

  KnightFalz said:

  
  

  Wargfoot said:

  
  

  
  
  

  Sovrath said:

  
  
  

  It is a bit unprofessional but it's not really untrue. Or at least, if looking at steam it seems that there are currently 165 players with a 28.2 monthly average.

  
  

  So not exactly wrong. Having said that, maybe they also have their own launcher and therefore more players?
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  Most long-time players use the non-steam launcher, according to the developers.
  
  
  
  The game peaked this week at about 300 players online at one time - according to the developer Discord post. (sorry, no link)
  
  
  
  So yeah, the 10s of players crack does seem a bit mean-spirited.

  
  

  
  
  I wouldn't be surprised. People should beware of putting too much stock in Steam numbers when alternative means of play for a game exist. In some cases that access greatly precedes Steam availability such that the lion's share of population accesses the game otherwise.

  
  

  And if Discord total of 300 players are accurate that would place the Steam numbers at or above half the population.

  
  

  So, the Steam numbers would have some stock.
  

  
  If and is don't substitute well for each other. Either you know the population outside of Steam such that you can make that determination or you don't.
  
  Your use of if suggests the latter.
  
• KnightFalz Member EpicPosts: 4,522

  July 29

  Robokapp said:

  i smirked.
  
  if your MMO is not massively-multiplayer due to playercount, can you sue for false advertising?

  
  Advertisements for games don't come with population guarantees.
  

  
• sabrefoxx Member UncommonPosts: 234

  July 29

  Just so everyone knows. maybe player do not play on steam, they play directly from the website. Sure, those players are probably veterans, but I estimate between 1-3 hundred active players right now. Those numbers will go down as time goes on.

  
• enesisxlr8 Member UncommonPosts: 197

  July 29 edited July 29

  Gimme demo and I would decide to buy or not etc. Do like these style games, however with low pop and there other issues I shant be giving any money at this stage.

  Post edited by enesisxlr8 on July 29
• Kelador Member UncommonPosts: 129

  July 29

  That headline gave me a good chuckle thanks.

  
• olepi Member EpicPosts: 3,017

  July 29 edited July 29

  Undefined discussion response, read the actual response here ....
  
  I normally think of a post with no subject that just contains a single link to be spam.
  
  Sigh.

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• losthewar Member UncommonPosts: 132

  July 29

  Fractured was garbage from day 1 and they never changed the problems. What do they expect?

  
• Aeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,028

  July 30

  There are dozens of them. Dozens!

  
• moonpanther Member UncommonPosts: 22

  July 30 edited July 30

  Price model turns me off to fractured online. Is there a free trial to it?
• KnightFalz Member EpicPosts: 4,522

  July 30

  moonpanther said:

  Price model turns me off to fractured online. Is there a free trial to it?

  
  It doesn't seem so at the moment on Steam and I don't see one mentioned on their site which is where one downloads the client if they don't want to play through Steam.
  
• Nostromo21 Member UncommonPosts: 78

  July 30

  I'm mostly playing City of Heroes Homecoming as my main/only mmo currently, and will be for quite some time, given the absolute soulless-like/PvP/gacha/MTX crapola that's on the horizon, eh.

  

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• Nostromo21 Member UncommonPosts: 78

  July 30

  
  

  Xiaoki said:

  
  

  
  

  KnightFalz said:

  
  

  
  
  

  Wargfoot said:

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  Sovrath said:

  
  
  
  

  It is a bit unprofessional but it's not really untrue. Or at least, if looking at steam it seems that there are currently 165 players with a 28.2 monthly average.

  
  

  So not exactly wrong. Having said that, maybe they also have their own launcher and therefore more players?
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  Most long-time players use the non-steam launcher, according to the developers.
  
  
  
  
  
  The game peaked this week at about 300 players online at one time - according to the developer Discord post. (sorry, no link)
  
  
  
  
  
  So yeah, the 10s of players crack does seem a bit mean-spirited.

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  I wouldn't be surprised. People should beware of putting too much stock in Steam numbers when alternative means of play for a game exist. In some cases that access greatly precedes Steam availability such that the lion's share of population accesses the game otherwise.

  
  

  
  
  

  And if Discord total of 300 players are accurate that would place the Steam numbers at or above half the population.

  
  

  So, the Steam numbers would have some stock.
  

  
  

  
  
  People should also beware of putting too much stock in Discord numbers.

  

  They say that right before you die, your life flashes before your eyes. That's true, even for a blind man. ^DareDevil^
• KnightFalz Member EpicPosts: 4,522

  July 30

  Nostromo21 said:

  I'm mostly playing City of Heroes Homecoming as my main/only mmo currently, and will be for quite some time, given the absolute soulless-like/PvP/gacha/MTX crapola that's on the horizon, eh.

  
  It's an excellent harbour from that storm.
  
• Kyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975

  July 30

  Gamers be a bit too easily triggered these days me thinks.
  
  
  
  
  

  

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• ValdemarJ Member RarePosts: 1,378

  July 30 edited July 30

  Maybe having a custom launcher is mistake for an online game. It's bad optics for what little revenue or data gain they're convinced they'll get. Blizzard can get away with it, but these guys don't have the wow factor. They've fractured their community and it's costing them.
  

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