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gabriel.dac

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Universe Sandbox popularity over time
« on: November 15, 2014, 08:15:55 AM »
I decided to post this in everything else because it is not an in-game thing... well

http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=universe%20sandbox&cmpt=q

How can we analyze this? What caused that peak?

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Re: Universe Sandbox popularity over time
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2014, 08:44:30 AM »
I think I remember Dan saying something about it, the spike in 2011 was probably when he first released it on Steam. It was on the main page for a while or something and got a lot of attention. Not 100% sure.

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Re: Universe Sandbox popularity over time
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2014, 11:42:32 AM »
ALL THE POLANDERS

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Re: Universe Sandbox popularity over time
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2014, 01:17:16 PM »
but witold is still gone :(

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Re: Universe Sandbox popularity over time
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2014, 01:23:44 PM »
"witold"?

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Re: Universe Sandbox popularity over time
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2014, 01:52:12 PM »
It seems vaguely sketchy that most of those hits are from poland

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Re: Universe Sandbox popularity over time
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2014, 01:58:16 PM »
It seems vaguely sketchy that most of those hits are from poland
Agreed, however filtering the search to USA or Canada only gives a similar graph. But it probably doesn't reflect number of people then.

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Re: Universe Sandbox popularity over time
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2014, 05:09:52 AM »
What upsets me a little is that the popularity seems to be decreasing a little. Also, the release of USĀ² Alpha doesn't seem to have created a spike.


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Re: Universe Sandbox popularity over time
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2014, 06:25:36 AM »
Maybe all the Alpha Tester Rejects are badmouthing the developers...

It seems vaguely sketchy that most of those hits are from poland


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