RobotWizard:
You would have to show that Steam is materially different from console as far as player trends goes.
You haven’t. Historically Steam and consoles have kept track pretty closely, and Blizzard has also confirmed that the player numbers are going up overall.
To then be like, “It’s a small sample, like your intellect.” - given you have more than one thing giving you trends and they are matching.
That is just being angry at people pointing out that the numbers don’t back you up.
With a ftp game, the problem is that player count does not equal profit. If more players are using more servers without paying, you are actually losing money.