is PA dead?

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by nuketf, June 25, 2016.

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  1. Nicb1

    Nicb1 Post Master General

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    Just something random. I find it amusing that there is thread titled "Is PA Dead?" on the PA forums that is still going strong, for this amount of time.

    Anyone else see the irony in this or is it just me?
  2. ufarax

    ufarax Active Member

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    The PA community is sputtering along, its not going strong. Check out the forums for The Endless (Endless Legend, Space, Dungeons) those forums are alive, and growing. These forums are.......Medic........."Dam it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a rabid fan boy"
  3. Taxman66

    Taxman66 Well-Known Member

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    Preaching to the converted. I think the 10 people talking about this are the only ones that play the game.
  4. Clopse

    Clopse Post Master General

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    Ah the forum has died a little. Now I just have 1/2 unread threads when I log in as opposed to a couple of pages of them before. But as someone mentioned, there is not much to talk about these days since uber are concentrating their attention elsewhere. I spend more time in unrelated and support forums than the Titans one these days.
  5. mwreynolds

    mwreynolds Well-Known Member

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    More active community people play PA titans, like how most people play forged alliance instead of supreme commander. This is to be expected and therefore the titans forum is mostly used, but yeah the forums have got quite, but as others have said Uber is not really actively developing the game right now.
    Also many people use PAChat or discord.
    https://palobby.com/chat/
    https://discord.gg/da5xuSj

    BTW why are you here?
    But still you say only 10 people playing the game?
    Your just trolling now.

    http://steamcharts.com/cmp/233250#7d
    Players in the last 2 weeks: 14,733 ± 3,104 (1.3%)
    http://steamspy.com/app/233250

    14,000 players in the last two weeks for PA classic.
    and 20,000 player in the last two weeks for PA Titans.

    I'm not saying the game has a huge following, but it dose have a player base and you can get games easy enough.
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  6. ufarax

    ufarax Active Member

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    Nice try, it looks good, until you understand what it means. PA Owners: 1,137,553 ± 27,233, in 2 weeks over 14k log in to play a game, that's over 1k per day, with and average of 167 per hour. A little over 1.4 percent; of PA owners play the game. And those numbers make you happy, they make me sad, I want to cry.....I always cry at funerals.
  7. stuart98

    stuart98 Post Master General

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    ufarax, is there a single rts on steam that could be considered alive by your standards? I don't think the answer is yes.
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  8. cptconundrum

    cptconundrum Post Master General

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    It isn't dead by a long shot, but what would it matter if it was? Plenty of great games are "dead" and plenty of terrible games are popular. I don't base my own enjoyment that I get in a game on how many other people do or do not like it.
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  9. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    Amazed at how long this thread stays alive.
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  10. cdrkf

    cdrkf Post Master General

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    Ok man, you win, I'm convinced. PA is totally dead and no longer played. /thread

    I'm so upset, crushed even... I'll just go play some PA to distract myself from this terrible revelation :p
  11. ufarax

    ufarax Active Member

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    You asked is their a single RTS on steam..."so here it comes"...as the bishop said to the actress

    http://steamcharts.com/app/231430

    http://steamcharts.com/app/228200

    http://steamcharts.com/app/9420

    http://steamcharts.com/app/40100

    http://steamcharts.com/app/9450

    http://steamcharts.com/app/56400


    I can't list the Civilization games, ditto for the Total War franchise, as they are Turn Based Strategy Games, but since I don't play fare...here it goes. Over 45k for a game that's almost six years old (six years on Sep 21, 2016).


    http://steamcharts.com/app/8930
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  12. stuart98

    stuart98 Post Master General

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    Company of Heroes 2 has 8% of owners playing in last two weeks. http://steamspy.com/app/231430

    Company of Heroes has 2% of owners playing in last two weeks. http://steamspy.com/app/228200

    SupCom FA has 1.9% of owners playing in last two weeks. http://steamspy.com/app/9420

    SupCom 2 has 2% of owners playing in last two weeks. http://steamspy.com/app/40100

    Dawn of War has 3.6% of owners playing in last two weeks. http://steamspy.com/app/9450

    Dawn of War 2 has 2.2% of owners playing in last two weeks. http://steamspy.com/app/56400

    Civ 5 has 10.9% of owners playing in last two weeks. http://steamspy.com/app/8930

    And TITANS of course has 7.6% of owners playing in last two weeks. https://steamspy.com/app/386070

    So only one or two of the games you listed have better player retention than TITANS.
  13. ufarax

    ufarax Active Member

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    You asked "
    ufarax, is there a single rts on steam that could be considered alive by your standards? I don't think the answer is yes"


    You replied to my response "
    So only one or two of the games you listed have better player retention than"
    Thank you for responding, and admitting
    that I was correct. "Have nice day"......said the actress to the Vicar.
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  14. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    My theory is that @ufarax is actually the one who is dead.
    Admit it! Just a dozen or so forums posts per month on average clearly is a sign that a person is actually dead.
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  15. ufarax

    ufarax Active Member

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    You got me, I confess. I am dead, forced to haunt the grave yard (the PA forums). The curse will be lifted, when UBER creates a successful game. "I am therefore; stuck here forever".....said the Knight errant to the shepherdess.
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  16. xankar

    xankar Post Master General

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    I didn't know opinions could be absolutes. Actually, I would know since I guess the murrica politics thread will ingrain that into you; but we're not in the murrica politics thread now are we, boys?

    Don't be stupid now.
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  17. wpmarshall

    wpmarshall Planetary Moderator

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    Conclusion:

    PA is still alive
    Other RTS games have people playing them
    Some RTS games have relatively few people playing them
    The player counts tend to drop over time
    'Better'/More Interesting/More Competitive games will hold onto players for longer.

    'Nuff said.
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