Sweet and Sour
Good News: I gained about 40 or so new Free Subscribers. So 40 new people know about the game.
Bad News: I lost 10 paid subscribers.
All of that happened this week... The sour is much stronger than the sweet this time around.
There's no reason for this post. I'm just talking out loud. I'm a little confused at why I lost such a huge subscriber count but, I'll just keep working on the game and hope for the best in the future.
Comments (6)
Boo no android :(
Personally my experience is devs that update monthly is about 10% or less, majority is the 3 month range and then there are those about 6 months, about 20%. Also a function of deve teams vs single dev.
I think it’s mostly the costs why people leave. Financial situations change all the time. Maybe people stopped because they think the speed of development is not going fast enough. Please don’t take this the wrong way. In my opinion you are actively developing the game and also share updates of your progress, even when it’s bad. But I think some people expect gameplay and not development still in progress
People do expect gameplay. They expect an update every week. It's just not possible for one developer. They don't understand all the time that goes into it. That's why I post so many updates. So people can see the work, and understand why it takes so long. I work 14-18 hours a day 7 days a week on the game so, updates are as fast as they'll ever be. My updates are always 2 weeks to 2 months tops. As far as I know I'm one of the faster devs. So the people complaining about "Speed" I just ignore because they don't know what they're talking about. I think it's financial reasons people leave. No one ever complains to me about anything. Especially not time between updates. They just turn off their subscription.
That makes no sense why they left . As you suspected, Steam is a good bet for a higher return . Might be interesting if the 10 return when there is a release .
I don’t usually get people returning during releases. I think people just don’t have the money and so they canceled. It happens all the time I’m constantly losing and gaining people, but this week is just so happened that I lost and gained a whole bunch of people no paying subscribers only free ones.. My updates never get new people. It’s always through the middle of the month. I’m getting people that maybe found the game other places I don’t know. I don’t know how it works really