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Squidslinger Gilder:
It'll last about a week or two with numbers back to normal by about a month. However, the baseline numbers has gradually been increasing. Since the netcode patch things were looking up. Then MM hit, but for all the vets that have stopped playing as much, more noobs fill in. When the new weapon is added and if certain ship refinements happen, we'll likely see a resurgence in veteran crowd. Ultimately tho, if Muse can get enough people into GOIO now, they may be able to get some bigger sales for COOP when it hits.

This is something I noticed Dino D-day did with their DLC COOP mode. They lowered the price of the initial game to super cheap for the steam sale then left the DLC price higher. The game is fun enough that I've been tempted to splurge and get the COOP addon. Trouble is, no one I gifted copies to has gotten into game yet. When there is no friends to COOP with, there is no reason to buy the DLC.

Awesomenauts has done a similar thing with Starstorm. They cut the main game price to dirt cheap then leave Starstorm high. Cept to me they haven't given a reason to pay the higher price yet. Course I'm not a serious player of that.

Indreams:
Co-op is a really good point.

I think the game and its community will develop far better with the introduction of Co-op.

Most players wouldn't mind the relatively stressless version of GOIO. New players can get the hang of the game in the less "competitive" mode of the game. Having a good player base for the upcoming Co-op is a really good thing. And the Skirmish and MM could really use a four-digit players online.


Does anybody know how many people own GOIO? It'd be good to have that in this discussion.

Imagine:
Hopefully the PS4 release will bring in folks as well.

Squidslinger Gilder:
Well if forum membership comes with purchase of the game then there are 224077 owners of GOIO atm.

Arturo Sanchez:
Steam sales are useful for getting new blood.

But in the process of this period in the life cycle of guns. You gotta weed out the riff raff from the diamonds in the rough. Eventually the riff raff will leave. And those that endured the trials by fire that the vets demand of them, become just like us, inquisitive, intuitive and a team player.

So yes. It does increase the playerbase, or rather maintains it as people come and go. It is a necessary thing.  My clan is full of wonderful players, that have simply vanished from the game. But they are proof that the sales are necessary in maintaining the community.

And here's hoping the ps4 will finally help not only maintain the community, but increase it to.

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