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Bad move by Nintendo. This game was on track to be forgotten. Pocketpair forgot about it months ago, but the players were starting to catch on to that. Now there will be a resurgence of interest.
Game is just outside the top 50 on steam and had a major content release at the end of June. This 'game is dying'-because-it-didn't-indefinitely-sustain-player-counts-in-the-top-10 meme is dumb as hell.
It's a pocketpair thing though as far as "abandoning" a game. As a craftopia player I know all too well how they start off and then drag their feet with minimal input after a certain time. It's one thing I was worried about with palworld before it even came out. :/
They are not going to abandon a success this big
Well statistically speaking like only 1% of their peak player count at launch was still playing the game.
It doesn't do bad on the top ranking out of all games on Steam, but it didn't do great anymore either.
Nah all that gamer malice will be dropped at the tip of a hat with a Switch 2 announcement sadly. Pocketpair will be bled of money into bankruptcy and Nintendo will win.
It is morally right to pirate Nintendo games.
Sony is a shareholder and Microsoft has also supportted PocketPair, it will be interesting to see how that works out with Nintendo.
The steam deck didn't exist when the switch came out, it innovated and filled a niche that turned out to be a severely underserved segment of the gaming market.
Nintendo struck gold with the switch, and a 'switch 2' likely isn't going to cut it.
It's not like Nintendo is infallible, remember the console before the switch was the Wii u.