Discussion 'Steam charts' doom posting is exhausting - the game's fine, play it or don't

Every week someone posts a screenshot of the player count like it's a death certificate. The game shipped last year, it's had a big update, people are still raiding. If you're bored, that's allowed - go play something else. But the daily 'LoOk aT tHe ChArTs, dead game' bit isn't analysis, it's just doom for engagement. I'm here to trade and shoot robots, not attend a funeral for a game I played this morning.

The doom cycle is predictable: patch drops, a nerf annoys people, charts dip on a weekday, doomers frame it as terminal. Meanwhile the retention curve looks normal for the genre. Boredom is real; 'dead game' is a mood, not a metric.

i'll complain about the store until i'm blue in the face but yeah the 'dead game' spam is dishonest. i'm angry BECAUSE i still play it every day, that's the whole point

Every section on this board has its own version of this thread. Nice to see someone say the quiet part: criticism good, funeral cosplay bad.