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Anxiety over the sustainability of Dreams has been a common topic for some time now, following a large drop after the launch period.
But, while I don’t regularly check, when I have numbers haven’t decreased further since Winter 2020, I think following the updates to the homepage there’s actually been a very modest increase in 2021.
But I’ve spoken to a few creators who are disheartened. I know generally speaking creators should create primarily for themselves but almost every creators enjoys other people experiencing their work and it is one of the selling points of Dreams. We all want more people online, I’m sure Media Molecule included.
I do respectfully disagree that Mm’s efforts to create content aimed at people want to play is counter productive.
A lot of people in the community, and a lot of external pressure has been asking for a more enticing offering for players rather than creators.
The community is making engaging content but I’ve talked before on my channel there is a perception problem, community creations don’t seem to be attracting new players in larger numbers or bringing back lapsed ones. Official content like Tren and Ancient Dangers has more of a chance of this I think, much more so than new logic or gadgets.
Mm have said there are big upcoming updates which will drive activity. I wish they’d arrive sooner as well but we’ve got to cut them a break - COVID decimated video game production across the entire industry and I’m sure Mm have felt the affects of having to be fully home based which they still are to this day.
Multiplayer and some sort of PS5 update are inevitable but we’ve got to be a bit more patient. The good news is Mm have been hiring like crazy and expanding their team which makes the future exciting.
I would like more transparency in terms of the future roadmap. It’s something other live service games do and clear messaging helps give people things to look forward to and sets expectations. But I know setting development deadlines is also very complicated and a lot of these things are even out of Mm’s hands.