Overwatch Dev Dismisses SteamDB Hype, Urges Context for Player Numbers
TL;DR
Overwatch developer Dylan Snyder ridicules the fixation on Steam concurrent players, arguing it’s a narrow metric that can mislead about a game’s success; Marathon’s numbers appear steady, and the story emphasizes that platform-specific data needs broader context and cross-platform transparency to gauge a game’s health.
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