xtrain wrote:
No wonder Buzztime tweaks its games in an effort to attract younger players. It's their only hope of surviving.
XT
And how has that strategy worked out for BT the last 15 years? How long did games like Blur, Duh, and Know Your Server last?
Here's the error in that way of thinking and it's what I told BT way back when. There are two types of players, the serious hard core players and the casual players. The casual players stumble in for some drinks and randomly discover the game and give it a try. They play a couple of games and then go on about their lives. They are going to play no matter what. The hard core player plays because the content and games are good, the better the games the longer they'll play. Maybe 8-10 hours at a pop.
In a nutshell, the casual players will play regardless of content. It's just something to do. The hard core players will not play if the games suck. And that's what has slowly happened over the years. Fewer and fewer hard core players to prop up the network while the casual players keep on randomly pushing buttons.
At one time I played SL every Friday from the very first game 25 years ago. They tweaked it more than once to cater to the casual player and I lost interest. Six and it's predecessors was a great game that I played very frequently on various nights. Then they tweaked the rounds and started awarding silly bonus points and it just wasn't worth it. Except for special occasions of course.
Played almost every game of SIQ over the years, now it's gone. Played a lot of the STC games over the years as it was actually the very first NTN game I played way back in 1992. Now it's gone and there hasn't been a sports game for years.
There are tons of hard core players that went through the same process over the years, so it's really no wonder why player count is way down. Even so, I hope to enjoy Tuesdays with the games, the competition, and my team while the network still exists.