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Interesting to see how dead the MMORPG genre has become. Are there still players around? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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Mostly referring to the release of the latest WoW extension which isn't discussed anywhere (or maybe I missed it)

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[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Do you see the latest WoW expansion discussed anywhere on Lemmy?

I only look at !wow@lemmy.ml, which has a 3 comments on a 4 days post, maybe I'm missing something?

[–] ngwoo@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You don't see anything except Linux discussed on Lemmy because Lemmy has a couple thousand active users. There are Facebook groups bigger than the entire fediverse.

[–] hydroxycotton@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I think you're missing that lemmy is a pretty tiny slice of the internet and niche(ish) communities either don't exist or are mostly inactive. Just because something doesn't seem to be making waves on lemmy, doesn't mean it isn't popular. The community for it just isn't really here (yet).

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Indeed, so that's my point.

There were quite active BG3 and Helldivers 2 communities when they released as those are worldwide hits.

If you look at !helldivers2@lemmy.ca vs !finalfantasyxiv@lemmy.world, you instantly see which one is a more active game.

[–] hydroxycotton@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

https://steamdb.info/app/553850/charts/

https://steamdb.info/app/39210/charts/

I probably just wouldn't use lemmy as an indicator of popularity/activity levels.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

You're right. I guess FFXIV players are too busy playing to be here too ha ha

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

WoW hasn't been synonymous with the MMORPG scene since at least the last 5 years. You didn't hear much from it because it's just another expansion, for one of the many currently running MMOs. When was the last you heard about GW2 expansions? Or Elder Scrolls Online expansions?

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Copy pasting the comment below

Indeed, so that’s my point.

There were quite active BG3 and Helldivers 2 communities when they released as those are worldwide hits.

If you look at !helldivers2@lemmy.ca vs !finalfantasyxiv@lemmy.world, you instantly see which one is a more active game.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

But neither BG3 nor Helldivers were MMOs though. Activities in those was a spike when the game released. WoW released 20ish years ago lol