Starfield hasn’t hurt No Man’s Sky’s popularity – it may have even helped it - eviltoast

No Man’s Sky has had a great month, coincidentally around the launch of the other big space adventure of the day.

No Man’s Sky has been one of the best examples of a video redemption story, and developer Hello Games never stopped expanding the game with new content, and more features. Just recently, the procedural space adventure celebrated its seventh anniversary with the Echoes update, and it doesn’t look like there’s an end in sight to this support.

But do these updates bring back players? The answer is an emphatic yes! Hello Games founder, Sean Murray, recently revealed that No Man’s Sky is having “its biggest month in the last few years.” Interestingly, this is happening across all platforms where No Man’s Sky is available - so PC, consoles, Mac, and even VR.

  • exohuman@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, I think you are describing the game at release years ago. It has grown so much since then.

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      1 year ago

      I played it not that long ago. The comment above is still pretty much spot on. There’s base building now I guess. There’s still nothing to keep it interesting.

    • masterspace@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I literally played it like 3 months ago, before the most echoes update, but from the looks of the update notes I think my description still likely stands.