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over 4 years ago - /u/eriddy - Direct link

excellent analysis, decent freehand penwork, but if i worked at respawn, and someone said this, i would push back against the assumption that trending on youtube is a sign of a game's health. :)

over 4 years ago - /u/AmusedApricot - Direct link

Originally posted by APwinger

Probably not an indicator of the games health, and you guys have actual internal metrics to prove the game isnt "dying" but when any of my friends say this they mean it's not a giant twitch category.

"LOL wym x game isn't dead its below y game on twitch, Y GAME!!"

Yea it's super common for people to confuse twitch viewer count with popularity. The fact is that the vast majority of people who play games don't go on twitch or reddit / any of the social media sites for that matter. It's easy to forget that our hyper-engaged bubble is only a small piece of the whole pictures.