Welcome to the Train Sim World Winter Survey 2022-23. Veteran
players of Train Sim World will be familiar with our surveys which we
run from time to time in order to get a better understanding of our
players.
The survey for Train Sim World is an important part of the
development process. In any given week we get information from a broad
range of sources about where we're doing well and where there's room
for improvement. This information comes from an eclectic range of
sources; from the individual platforms and within the game itself
we'll get the raw numbers of who is playing what and for how
long. This gives us a solid understanding of which routes, timetables,
trains and services are particularly resonating with
players. Obviously, this data skews heavily toward the latest releases
and routes that are included in the core game, but we're on the
lookout for anomalous or outlying stats that tell us where something
is going right or wrong.
Next, obviously enough are the sales figures for new add-on
releases. This gives us a broad indication of how appealing an
individual release might be, and then in subsequent sales or other
discount periods we can build further understanding of the
add-on. Maybe it didn't quite appeal enough to be snapped up at
release, maybe early feedback led to a sense of "wait and see" from
players. By paying attention to this information we can improve the
types and ranges of add-ons we release in the future because,
obviously, we want to make the routes and trains that you're most
interested in playing.
Feedback and suggestions add a critical additional piece of this
puzzle. You're definitely not backward in telling us what you think,
and this level of insight can go a long way to explain why the raw
numbers we get from other sources are the way they are. Whether you're
commenting on a live stream, getting in touch via social media or
submitting an in-depth route suggestion on the forums the quality of
explanation you give for individual opinion gives us clear insight
into what's exciting you and what's leaving you a little
underwhelmed.
This is where the survey comes in.
It allows us to get comments from more players who typically leave
their opinions via the forums or social media while simultaneously
matching those opinions to the platform data we get
independently. We're also then able to ask bigger, more wide-ranging
questions to get a stronger understanding of which way we should take
the franchise in the future. Creative tools and the Training Center
are just two of the features that have been introduced as a direct
result of your survey responses in the past. The survey enables us to
tie all those other pieces of information together so that we can make
the smartest possible choices when looking into the longer term of
Train Sim World.
Simply put, it's your best opportunity to tell us where we should
go next.
Click here to take this winter's Train Sim World survey
