State of 40k

[fluger]

By no means comprehensive, this was a survey that went out that had over 1000 responders.  

 

http://www.totellstories.com/40k/

 

[fluger]

With this data set, I think promoting OFCC as a casual EVENT and not a tournament should bode well for it.  

 

I'm also glad to see that only 25% of people like team games.  God, I hate those.

[WestRider]

It would be pretty much impossible to do properly, but it really would be interesting to see a proper survey of the whole 40K hobby. "People who are into 40K enough to look for 40K stuff online" is already a pretty significant bias, and then there's the further issue of what they're spread across various social media was.

 

That said, this does fit pretty well with what I'd expect from what I see of the 40K Fora and Blogosphere, so looks pretty good that far at least.

[pretre]

Erk. 101.5% of players have a SM army? This makes me hate the whole thing. lol

[Mr.MoreTanks]

With this data set, I think promoting OFCC as a casual EVENT and not a tournament should bode well for it.

 

I'm also glad to see that only 25% of people like team games. God, I hate those.

From now on you're not allowed to play anything other than team games at any event I run.

[WestRider]

Erk. 101.5% of players have a SM army? This makes me hate the whole thing. lol

They did at least put in the qualification that they were double-counting people who own multiple SM Armies. I'd qualify as three SM Players, the way they tabulated that, for instance.

[fluger]

From now on you're not allowed to play anything other than team games at any event I run.

[Lord Hanaur]

I personally love 2 v 2 games.

[Jay]

I think these numbers also represent a smaller more concentrated player base than they would have years ago. I seem to find people either who are done with 40K and GW because they were unhappy with the game and the company or people who still play being generally enthusiastic and happy with the current game. I think the borderline malcontents have moved on to other games. 

[pretre]

They did at least put in the qualification that they were double-counting people who own multiple SM Armies. I'd qualify as three SM Players, the way they tabulated that, for instance.

It's bad statistics, either way...

[fluger]

I personally love 2 v 2 games.

I've always struggled with co-op. 

 

I can beat Contra without dying on my own, but can barely crack the 3rd level if I have a teammate.

[WestRider]

It's bad statistics, either way...

I'm pretty sure they know that, and just did it as a joke, to emphasize the ubiquity of Space Marines.

[Guest]

Does seem like they tried make the results look a certain way.

 

Still, interesting to see.

[generalripphook]

Its not bad statistics since they say they are not accounting for people owning multiple space marine armies.

 

In fact what it does show us is that for every 100 players that enter the market that somehow there will end up being 101 space marine armies entering the game in addition to the other armies that might be coming in. This basically reinforces the fact that overtime people will pick up another army or two.

 

I would like to also see what break down of those space marine players have 30k armies, it is quite hard to play 30k without having a legion.

[pretre]

It is bad statistics, just because their disclaimer makes it sound like they aren't counting multiples as well.

 

Whatevs...

[Guest]

Would be nice if they had a breakdown by chapter.

 

Would also be nice if they conclusively defined army. If just 1500pts is required for an army, then my "army" includes multiple armies...