{"id":105055,"date":"2016-09-23T07:52:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T05:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=105055"},"modified":"2016-09-23T08:06:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T06:06:28","slug":"there-are-less-than-a-1000-people-playing-no-mans-sky-on-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/105055-there-are-less-than-a-1000-people-playing-no-mans-sky-on-steam","title":{"rendered":"There are less than 1,000 people playing No Man&#8217;s Sky on Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are currently less than a thousand No Man&#8217;s Sky players on Steam right now, reports <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/66418-no-man-sky-drops-below-1000-concurrent-players.html\" target=\"_blank\">Techspot<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>These lows are recorded just a month after the game&#8217;s official release on 9 August.<\/p>\n<p>For context as to just how far the game has fallen in popularity, the title had over 212,000 concurrent players at\u00a0one point.<\/p>\n<p>While new content and free updates have been promised by developers Hello Games, the company has also gone <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/104495-no-mans-sky-creator-goes-silent-after-controversial-release.html\" target=\"_blank\">silent<\/a><\/strong> since the game&#8217;s release, only adding to fans&#8217; anger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the end of August, it was reported that a large number of people who had purchased the game were asking for refunds, despite having played it for many hours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The situation led to Steam\u2019s announcement that no special refund exemptions are available for No Man\u2019s Sky.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Steam-numbers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105057\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Steam-numbers.png\" alt=\"steam-numbers\" width=\"788\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Steam-numbers.png 788w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Steam-numbers-768x167.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Are you still playing No Man&#8217;s Sky? 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