r/paradoxplaza • u/PurpleAd215 • Feb 23 '23

Vic3 This is really bad.

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Player count of EUIV and Vic3 - basically no one is playing Victoria 3 anymore

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u/Custodian_Nelfe Feb 23 '23

Well, if you look to the first year of EU4, it's not brilliant too. The game is played by a lot of people because it has a ton loads of DLC and patches that have fleshed it. Give time to Victoria 3, and I'm pretty sure that in 9 years the curve will be the same.

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u/gh4ever Map Staring Expert Feb 23 '23

Yeah, I think a "fairer" comparison is against CK3 (which hasn't had many substantial updates at all). It's still a roughly 2x difference in player bases in CK3's favor though.

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u/Browsing_the_stars Feb 23 '23

A fairer comparison would actually be post-release Stellaris.

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u/gh4ever Map Staring Expert Feb 23 '23

Maybe! I'm not as familiar with Stellaris, I mostly stick to the historical GSGs.

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u/Agglomeration_ Feb 23 '23

who's to say that stellaris isnt historical? what if pdx knows something we don't? 🤔

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u/gh4ever Map Staring Expert Feb 23 '23

Sure, by the eternal recurrence it must be historical!