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[–] [email protected] 125 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel like that's not how you measure a game engine usage, the large majority probably don't install Godot via Steam, just looking at the numbers it's a very small sample which might not represent game devs in general

[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(statistics)

A doubling of usage amongst steam users is probably representative of a large uptake of Godot overall

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh, I feel like the sampling is clearly biased toward those who would install a game engine through a service that auto-updates it. (Novices and hobbyists.)

[–] derpgon 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And - thats exactly what that means...? An uptake in GODOT usage would mean novices and newbies are trying it out. Every new user is a newbie.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure but it doesn't really reflect the studios switching to Godot. I think they are likely switching to unreal.

[–] derpgon 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course it doesn't, it's a number that days how many people are running the app, that's it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Yup just pointing that out because some folks aren't seeing that. Not everything is an argument.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For sure an uptick, but who knows by how much? I agree this is useful for showing something, but it's hard to know what really from this alone.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I imagine, Godot doesn't collect usage data on its own. So, this is likely the best data there is...

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can confirm. I use Godot and didn't even know it was on steam

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

It might mean something though, FFXIV is a classic example of a game that almost nobody plays on Steam, but its Steam charts line up somewhat well with the game's increasing popularity especially with Shadowbringers and Endwalker. Of course you have to look at actual data to back that up, but soemtimes it can show trends.