^^^ the end will come to all...

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEznVpX4MBE

Yeah well all good things come to an end.

I wouldnt really call fgo a good thing but you get the idea

^^^ yep, and after life comes unlife, and then post-unlife and then technical-post-afterlife, melodic-reincarnation etc.

Valeth you really gonna die on that hill and defend poor attempts at research while they make big claims then break a leg. Even you offered more context than op so good on that. Nobody expects an actual data analyst but having a bit more effort is too much to ask. Modern journalist comparison because its true ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

A quick google search and taking a look at the viewcount of Beginner's Guides (not 3t videos) 2023/2022, while popular games like genshin and the new star rail have 10x the view count, FGO is doing about as well as GranBlue and ArkKnights. VS newer games like cookierun, afkarena and honkai impact is still relatively similar. Averaging 30k viewcount for new player guide seems to be the highest these games can go with some rare outliers. FGO reddits and discord servers are still active, impossible to go even a few hours without a new thread/update. New fanarts are a dime a dozen. I never said they had to be the hottest thing and trending everyday like genshin impact but its not as dead as suggested.

Revenue ratio FGO brings in all 3 versions bring in, JP is ~80% while CN is ~15% and EN is the rest. While spending might not be indicator of new players, revenue is also the lifeblood of the game. A useable indicator on the activeness of players.

Friendlist wise, theres always active players seeking mutuals theres dedicated servers for that. friendlist is pretty active with 10/100 of them being super whales. Theres new players (lvl 50+) adding every other day and some i see they are trying to play the game without the busted supports while most them are lvl 100+.

While the game is slowing down and most likely have a 2 3 year left, we're still not entering into the casket yet. I played games deader than current FGO but more alive than OP's screenshots.

I have no problem supporting OP.

Voiced concern after watching how a new player friends list infested with bot. For me, its very logical, understandable concern because it does bring question about what is devs. doing to the point it became questionable if there's any new player influx; imagine if this wikia full of bots on top of clone account, you not even think of questioning how and why such place ended up like that?

It funny to see people so quick judging OP as another doomposter when said people are no better. Data analyst? Modern journalistic?

If you truly live up to journalistic standard, you will dig good enough to understand GBF income is undetected by general gacha counter, like Sensortower, or realizing Re:Link and Versus are Cygames real big project incomparable to riding on Type Lumina DLC and the unreleased Musashi game.

Voicing concern with screenshot is better, journalism-wise, compare to 'quick google search' or telling stories about "Sebastian" that contribute nothing let alone made OP understand more about current state of game. Then again, that's me, if any of you more satisfied filling this thread with Youtube videos, do it.

Wait, people take " Sebastian" seriously?

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Honestly, @Valeth , what are you doing? Comment, or ping-pong? Because of course Sebastian has nothing to do with this. Man, maybe you should study more because there's no way I seriously linking this with Sebastian.

"Oh, maybe disagree with @Valeth and OP opinion isn't allowed because princess @Valeth is sitting there?"

I did not say op is a doomposter. Just lazy. Thats 2 times you seem to miss the point entirety and focus on the joke and something else instead. Take your own advice man.