in psnprofiles (those who registers to allow the site to track your trophies)
BL3 - 66,361 owners, 714 recent players
BL2 - 287,545 owners, 363 recent players
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I stream almost daily at noon eastern on twitch 
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Sure, the point Iām trying to make though is that the bl3 numbers havenāt actually moved around much since launch, yes this past month has been slow for borderlands - with the bugs and problems that need addressed, but realistically the numbers arenāt much different than they have been.
Hereās a screenshot from right now. Itās just a cherry picked screenshot.
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On steam player numbers are dwindling even after M2.0 etc.
| Last 30 Days | 12,260.0 | -2,713.2 | -18.12% | 28,810 |
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| May 2020 | 14,973.2 | -7,200.6 | -32.47% | 34,315 |
| April 2020 | 22,173.8 | -30,951.2 | -58.26% | 49,479 |
| March 2020 | 53,125.0 | - | - | 93,597 |
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Yes, and this chart showing overall players is a much better example haha. I was just pointing out the original picture isnāt really indicative of anything.
Donāt need charts and numbers to know the games state. Some of the biggest fan boys have jumped ship and are streaming games nearly a decade old instead of this version.
People can only take so much emphasis on balancing a PVE loot and shoot game. All that effort needs to be redirected to fixing the real problemsā¦ My bank still shows every item as new every time I open it. The kicker is it wasnāt like this until the first patch, so while fixing something else they broke it. Then refuse to address it and fix it. I tried following the rules of submitting tickets and repeatedly jumping through hoops. Just gotta recognize itās not the community complaining thatās the problem. Itās the company refusing to address known issuesā¦
The shiny has worn thin at best, for most itās simply dull at this point. The problem is at the top but itās made so much worse by any of you that still take up for the terrible leadership and protect itā¦ Everyone would benefit, including the company, If they would abandoned this new business model and fix the games issues and stop with the weekly balancing.
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The gameās been out for 9 months. Itās not surprising that newer games have higher Twitch viewer counts.
Borderlands 2 had sponsored streams going on this past week to promote the Legendary Collection release on Switch and the limited-time free Handsome Collection offer on Epic Games Store.
Iāll never understand the draw of generally watching strangers play video games. Especially given the blither thatās dribbled out of their face holes the few times Iāve given them a shot, or those times Iāve clicked on a streamerās YT video for pertinent news. If Iām that interested in a game and itās available, Iād rather just play it myself.
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BL 3 current state is the worst it has been since launch. No point so stream a completely broken game
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Same appeal as sports. Why would I watch someone play baseball if I could play it myself? But people do it by the millions.
TBF, at least Guardian Rank is working now lol
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Not nearly the same. Sports take a great deal of effort, setup, and usually the organization of a number of other people. Not to mention a certain level of fitness. Playing a video game is about as easy as watching Twitch - potentially easier, even!
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I donāt see much difference. When you get down to it all it is is watching grown men play games. Yes, sports take a great deal of effort and dedication, but so does wedding planning, and nobody watches that for fun.
For the most part I find it more enjoyable to watch people playing video games than most sports since I understand what is going and you have more interaction with the player.
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I donāt actively watch live streamers since, as you said, Iād rather just play myself.
However, I do watch some build videos since those are informative and show off mechanics I might not know of. But Yea, generally, Iād rather just play a game myself than watch someone else play.
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Whaddya think about watching a buff dude who looks like hes on steroids who always wears a Borderlands psycho mask and mutters incoherent things or yells nonsense as a stream while he plays borderlands?
Nipples covered with leather straps or.something of course byr he def looks like a psycho
Borderlands show? I didnāt know that guy was still on. A bit intense for me, but as one off every now and then I donāt mind a gimmick 
There was a person like that!? Lmaoā¦ Damn
ā¦ There goes my streaming dreams. Who wants to be a copycat lmao.
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Not super buff, but there was a guy who dressed up as a psycho and did some rambly bits on the borderlands show. I donāt know if heās still there though, so you may have niche after all 
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Bout to drop bits errwhar
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