[FEEDBACK / MUST HAVE] Game Collections should rotate / split after the recent “Squid Game” addition.
Hello Team, after introducting “Squid Game” into discovery we now have 6 Game Collections in Fortnite. All info about Game Collections can be found here.
Game Collections
As shown below - Game Collections are now floating out the screen - this was not an issue when we had TMNT, LEGO & Fall Guys - but now, the all new categories are destroying Fall Guys & Rocket Racing.
What’s wrong?
As we know (this can be observed on maps CTR, people are more likely to click maps on the left screen side (in New & Updated - maps on positions 1-2 and 7-8 are getting more clicks than the ones “to the right”). With this - “Fall Guys” & “Rocket Racing” collections are less clickable than others.
Data & My Observations
I am an owner of a data collection website that is gathering active users counts & other public API metrics. I’ve run some calculations and I’ve observed a -30% fall in total ccu for Fall Guys maps & over -40% fall for Rocket Racing.
Fall Guys Game Collection
All maps in Fall Guys Top 10 were peaking above 150 ccu 48 hours ago and now we are around 50 (that sorry, is really low and new maps are instantly “dying”).
Looking at FG: Most Engaging tab - we can observe loss of over 50% of the maps (we had 11 Most Engaging maps 48 hours ago, now sitting on 5) - this is due lack of data and lack of clicks & views from users.
Rocket Racing Game Collection
What about Rocket Racing Top 10? The top maps can’t even pass 30 ccu (the top 2 map is on 60 players and top 3 map is at 30 ccu).
Most Engaging is not present in Rocket Racing category due low metrics & no metrics/user views at all. I am sure Rocket Racing is viewed less than 30k times per day (the homebar tab is viewed that times every minute).
What Should Happen?
In my opinion there should be rotation between all Game Collections - meaning i.e. LEGO should swap places with Rocket Racing or other categories every discovery load (but keeping the Favorite Collections in front - as first [look image]).
Another option is to change the one-row panel to two-rows (like in New & Updated) - keeping all Game Collections visible - not pushing any of the creators working hard on the maps. The second option will allow adding 2 more branded partners in the future and keep all of them in the screen).
Summary
There are plenty of creators doing amazing maps in Fall Guys & Rocket Racing Game Collections & they are getting punished with no reason. I am not sure why Epic abandoned something they did to load-balance maps from the main discovery. We’ve seen up to 50% loses on player counts for maps in Game Collection categories after introducing the new-6th collection. Changes are need to be made - if not, Fall Guys and Rocket Racing Game Collections will be down with no players in no time. In my opinion creators should not be left on ice just by bad Epic Ecosystem decisions, I would love to hear more feedback from more creators & discussion with Epic about this.
Have a good day.