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[-] Dan@artemis.camp 79 points 11 months ago

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

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

[-] MJBrune@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

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@programming.dev 15 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] MJBrune@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

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

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

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

[-] MJBrune@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] Knusper@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago

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

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