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Who has the most players?

jana#2651 jana
jana#2651
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in General Discussion (PC)
PC or PS or XBox and are they very different?

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  • melvinmorrison#0504 melvinmorrison
    melvinmorrison#0504
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    edited March 2023
    yeah that's right
  • arazith07arazith07 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,719 Arc User
    We don't have access to anything that tells population directly, however if you were to look at different cross sections, you can get an idea. Forum posts, discord roles, and other places where the community gather show that PC has about the same population as both consoles combined and that XBOX and PS have roughly equal populations to each other. None of this ofc is exact nor a true representation of what players play on.

    The main difference in the actual game on each platform is the UI, otherwise the games are pretty similar to each other.
  • callumf#9018 callumf
    callumf#9018
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    I would have thought that there would be many more players on console than there are on a PC.

    At peak times in England when a new mod comes out or a new event which people like [for example the last mod when it dropped] there were maybe 600 players online in the new zone. [This was at around 8pm local time in England].

    I am away for a couple of days with no access to NW could someone check the instances/numbers for the latest mod area as it seemed very busy last night?
  • forumaccount#7167 forumaccount
    forumaccount#7167
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    On PC yesterday there were over 50 full instances of 20+ players in the new zone at some time. Currently there are ~22 full instances of players.
  • rockster#6227 rockster
    rockster#6227
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    I usually have a look at how many PE instances there are to get a feel for how busy it is at any given time. You have to then factor-in other things going on elsewhere, but the PE zone instances generally give you the best idea of how healthy the game is.
    Apparently pointing-out the bleeding obvious is a 'personal attack'.
  • plasticbatplasticbat Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 12,405 Arc User
    edited March 2023
    rockster#6227 said:

    I usually have a look at how many PE instances there are to get a feel for how busy it is at any given time. You have to then factor-in other things going on elsewhere, but the PE zone instances generally give you the best idea of how healthy the game is.

    I know you have a fast connection to the server. For all these years, people I know do not stay in PE at all. We, slow connection people, have hard time to deal with its loading time.
    However, to count new players, PE probably is a good place.
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  • rockster#6227 rockster
    rockster#6227
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    A lot of people also park there to do lfg and trade channel as well.
    Apparently pointing-out the bleeding obvious is a 'personal attack'.
  • jana#2651 jana
    jana#2651
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    I was asking because someone told me there were hardly any bugs on ps and thought that might be true for xbox as well. I am sure I will stick to pc though because I am use to it.
  • jana#2651 jana
    jana#2651
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    Thank you for your answers by the way. I hate to sound stupid but what is UL arazitho7?
  • plasticbatplasticbat Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 12,405 Arc User
    jana#2651 said:

    Thank you for your answers by the way. I hate to sound stupid but what is UL arazitho7?

    He said UI not UL. User Interface.
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  • greywyndgreywynd Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 7,152 Arc User
    jana#2651 said:

    I was asking because someone told me there were hardly any bugs on ps and thought that might be true for xbox as well. I am sure I will stick to pc though because I am use to it.

    Consoles tend to be behind PC. Things are usually fixed by the time they pop on the consoles.
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  • plasticbatplasticbat Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 12,405 Arc User
    jana#2651 said:

    I was asking because someone told me there were hardly any bugs on ps and thought that might be true for xbox as well. I am sure I will stick to pc though because I am use to it.

    I have been calling PC platform players the beta testers for consoles until recently. PC versions were released months before console's release until recently. There are/were bugs in console too but there were a lot more in the PC version. Console players got a better version in the past because of their wait time.
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  • pitshadepitshade Member Posts: 5,665 Arc User
    Currently, either console has more players than PC.
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  • callumf#9018 callumf
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    forumaccount#7167 said:

    On PC yesterday there were over 50 full instances of 20+ players in the new zone at some time. Currently there are ~22 full instances of players.

    So at peak time there were c1000 players in the new zone?

    That really is a tiny amount compared to the BIG MMOs.
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