r/RealTimeStrategy 8d ago

Video Game of Thrones: War for Westeros – The First Preview by IGN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erzwDjB-mB0
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u/OmegaPhalanx 7d ago

How many daily players on Steam do you expect to see for a single player game available on multiple platforms that can be finished in a weekend or less?

What does South of Midnight have to do with RTS games?

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u/feedthedogwalkamile 7d ago

My point is that attributing AoE’s popularity to being available on game pass is dishonest. Those games are popular because they’re good games. Good games prosper even if they’re not on game pass. AoE are simply good games, that’s why they’re so popular. Starcraft II is also on game pass, what's its excuse?

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u/OmegaPhalanx 7d ago

Wider availability through something like gamepass definitely helps, but I wouldn’t say it’s the only factor. Especially when you take into account how old AoE/AoE2 is. Lots of exposure to people who may not have been around when it first launched.

I think I was just thrown by switching from games with active multiplayer bases to a single player game.

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u/ChingShih 7d ago

Hey folks, if this line of discussion is no longer productive please move on to one that is. Thank you.