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[–] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Vocal minority is the assumption when this sort of collective outrage manifests. This time though, thanks to Steam player count we will actually get some hard numbers and see if that has an effect or not.

[–] piskertariot@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At current, there are 32k negative reviews. That's 32,000 people angry enough to go add or modify a review to be negative. The active player base is 100k. As far as "vocal minority" goes...

[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but how many are bark and no bite? Eg, they'll write the review, but keep playing anyway. That will take some time to find out.

[–] Zabjam@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think it will affect the current playerbase too much. But I think the negative rating on steam will have an effect on sales.