In Diablo 4, there is first a Shared World where players can undertake events together and defeat world bosses. For many, this feature was controversial, and now some are complaining about having to fight almost alone in events.
- The Shared World in Diablo 4 has been a controversial feature since its announcement. Some players preferred to continue their adventures alone, while others saw the Shared World as the next logical step.
- MeinMMO editor Benedict Grothaus states: The Shared World is just right for Diablo 4.
- The feature cannot be turned off, even if immersion is disturbed in the eyes of some players. The developers have consciously accepted such breaks in immersion, because they hope for more advantages than disadvantages from the Shared World.
On Reddit, user Typical-Ad8673 writes on August 12 that he fought alone against a world boss in Diablo 4. Even in the Helltide, he sees hardly any other players. He wonders where they all are.
Even with multiple players, one is kept busy in the fight against the world bosses:
Shared World almost empty in Diablo 4
This is his problem: On Reddit, user Typical-Ad8673 describes on August 12 that he plays “a little every day at different times.” (via Reddit). Despite crossplay, he sees hardly any other players. In one hour, he saw 2 other players in the Shared World in the area of the Helltide.
He also had to interrupt a Legions event in the Shared World because no other player joined. And that, even though he plays on the seasonal realm. Yet the first season just started on July 20.
Finally, Typical-Ad8673 notes in his post that he is waiting for the release of Baldur’s Gate 3 on PS5.
And where are all the others now? The comment with the most upvotes comes from xXxmilkdrinkerxXxx. His brief answer to that: “Baldur’s Gate.” (via Reddit). Many users concur. “We’ll see each other in September on PS5,” replies Fancy-Farmer-4798.
Others note that the number of players is related to the world level. User coopkramer writes that most players are on world levels 3 or 4. He had no problems encountering other people in the Shared World on those levels.
Other users comment that they are already sleeping at the times when the world boss spawns. “We are fathers. We fell asleep,” writes Data_lord. The spawn times are another point of criticism raised by some players.
Sharp decline in viewer numbers on Twitch
Is Diablo 4 being replaced by Baldur’s Gate 3? Because Blizzard does not publish exact player numbers, this cannot be stated clearly. However, taking a look at the numbers on Twitch, it becomes apparent: The viewer numbers related to Diablo 4 have dropped significantly.
At release, an average of 589,000 people watched streams featuring Diablo 4 (via sullygnome.com). The peak was on June 1 with 937,000 viewers simultaneously. Afterwards, a significant decline in numbers can be seen.
On June 13, the average was 271,000 viewers on Twitch, while on August 3, around 12,000 people were watching streams featuring Diablo 4. On August 12, the average viewer numbers fell to about 8,300. This corresponds to a decrease of 72.6% in the past 30 days.
Baldur’s Gate was finally released on August 3. On that day, around 462,000 viewers were on average in the streams showcasing the new role-playing game (via sullygnome.com). On August 12, an average of approximately 95,000 viewers tuned in.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is also a hit on Steam. At launch, the role-playing game recorded 709,835 players on the platform. It is currently the second largest game on Steam, after CS:GO.
The player numbers surprised everyone; not even the developers expected this:
Baldur’s Gate 3 takes Steam by storm: Team expected 100,000 concurrent players, over 700,000 came
