Do You Think DBD lives if the Anniversary chapter flops?

Not really, the numbers aren't exactly plummeting as there is a decent turnover rate. Also despite the complaints about the previous chapters there actually isn't that much to support that it has truly harmed the game.

I would hope that everyone tempers their expectations for the anniversary reveal as if you look at the history of them they've never been quite as amazing as folks tend to think they will be. It's still gonna be dbd and the more interesting thing has always been what changes are happening to the game rather than who's coming to the game.

Yeah, DBD will be fine. It's got at least another year of flops before I'd start to get concerned and even then it'd still be fine as long as they support it.

I don't think DBD will ever truly die until support stops. Some people have a lot a lot of hours in this game and sunk cost fallacy is very real.

I am honestly looking forward to know what next chapter is BUT it would give me much more excitment if DBD announced new ranked mode/ clubs/ quest system rework/ unique ability for each survivor etc.

I would actually vote for having one major update instead every second chapter. And with each of those update DBD could add 1-2 new general perks (for all characters).

I think it'll lose players, but it'll probably still be alive and kicking even if the NEXT anniversary is a flop.

It will continue to lose players if they put out another awful chapter. Saying it will die is ridiculous. This game has no actual competition so it'd be very hard for it to die out. Terrible games like modern World of Warcraft survived a decade past their prime due to having no competition. DBD will be fine.

Yes. If the game is worth playing right now, it is worth playing in a couple of months with a few more characters and perks, even if they're duds.

If it's a second crap chapter in a row it will hurt DBD, but I think it will live. It's still a good multiplier game.

Fun factor.

Hunt showdown is a really hard extraction FPS and well i enjoy it way more and tends to play it more than DbD now

It's going to flop and bhvr will learn once playercount start to dwidle down.

I think DBD has as much chance of dying at it did all the other times people were sure it would die.

I honestly just don't take such concerns seriously anymore. If it dies, it dies, and nothing will stop that, so no sense worrying about it until it actually happens.

Yes, the game would be fine. There are quite a few reasons to support this, but the glaringly obvious reason is there is no other competition up to their level.

In my mind, the closest contender (which is still miles off) is "Last Year". It's made a recent return and it's different ways of escaping with each different map and experimenting with a non-humanoid killer (the spider) shows it might have potential to do well in its own right and offer an alternative to a degree. However, DBD has much above it currently. There's no concerns of this game any time soon.

However, a bad anniversary may close a gap for any potential rival in the near future.

Outright die? No, because it still has a decently sized playerbase and most casuals don't care about major changes.

It will keep bleeding players that aren't casual though once the chapter flops because killer design has become extremely limited in scope. Most feel the exact same as all the others to play. They keep knee-capping them in creative expression which makes the game get boring very fast.

So likely 10k less players or so i would guess.

This I agree with. The only ones that say the game is in a fine state are the face campers.

It'll live. I think the player count might dip below 2020 numbers if we get a 3rd straight flop, but it'll still be alive.

I’ve come to the conclusion that DBD is immortal. There have been several times the game should have died but it has managed to rise from the ashes every one of them

The Resident Evil series has sold over 142 million units since its inception in 1996.

That's more than Legend of Zelda, Halo, Mortal Kombat, Super Smash Bros, Elder Scrolls, Metal Gear, Battlefield, etc.

It's only beaten by the likes of Mario, Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty and Minecraft, among a couple other video game titans.

It's certainly the most well known *survival horror* series of all time.

There is zero chance that a theoretical Five Nights at Freddy's chapter would outperform either Resident Evil chapter.

I think we will all be disappointed if it is another original chapter. But I would certainly settle for an original chapter plus the return of Hawkins. No map has ever been as atmospheric as that one.

Elden Ring certainly had some impact on the playerbase of DBD. Obviously not for a long-term for the majority, since only a very small portion of people still play Elden Ring on a daily basis and nothing else.

It also had more impact on Survivors than Killers. E.g. if my one SWF-Friend would not play DBD, I would not play Survivor either and vice-versa. So even if only one person was playing Elden Ring (we both played it), the other would not play DBD. With 4 man-SWFs probably even more impactful.

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Nope. Game will not die, will do fine.

Because its a garbage game that gen Zers played in 2016 like ocarina of time for older gamers. It doesn't belong in dbd. I've had people argue with me about fnaf as if EVERYONE played it. I never even heard of it until I played DBD. It's their ocarina of time. OOT is much more popular though. It's a kids game that doesn't belong in a horror game.

If you bothered to read what I wrote you'd realise that what I was saying was right. In the 50% of the games that you lose I'd say the majority of those are to killers that proxy camp/tunnel and go back to hook. It's just simply the reality of this game in its current state.