[implemented] Addon/UI Usage Stats

sirinsidiator · 08/24/16, 07:01 AM

This is a bit of an unusual wish, but if possible I would like to know how many percent of PC users actually use the gamepad UI and how many use addons. A pie chart like this would be enough:

Why am I asking?
Because I want to know if it is worth the effort to write about gamepad support in my tutorial series and add gamepad support to LAM and possibly other addons. If there is just 1 in 100 addon users playing on the gamepad UI and with Matt Firor more or less confirming that we won't ever be allowed to bring them to console players (although I think the way he phrased it is incorrect) I think it would be pretty much a waste of time.

EDIT: Giving no answer will also confirm my suspicion

silvereyes · 08/24/16, 07:53 AM

This would be very useful information for me as well. Gamepad support has always been on my roadmap, but it seems like a lot of effort for a feature that I never get requests for. It always gets prioritized towards the bottom.

It's a shame about Mr. Firor's denial that UI addons could work on consoles because "your controller wouldn't work". There are several addons on this site that support gamepad just fine - either via explicitly-added support or by nature of not doing anything specific to the gamepad UI.

I'm sure if we knew that our addons could be used by console players as well, many more addon devs would add gamepad support.

ZOS_ChipHilseberg · 08/24/16, 03:44 PM

We don't actually have these stats on hand but I can see if there's anyway to get something like that.

silvereyes · 08/25/16, 10:36 PM

Thanks! You're the best!

sirinsidiator · 09/13/16, 04:26 AM

Any news on this?

ZOS_ChipHilseberg · 09/13/16, 08:24 AM

I poked my contact again.

ZOS_ChipHilseberg · 09/14/16, 03:33 PM

These stats are far from a direct polling of which players are using keyboard or gamepad but a super rough estimate is that gamepad is used 9% of the time on the NA server and 4% of the time on EU.

sirinsidiator · 09/14/16, 04:20 PM

Thank you!
I assume this percentage is gamepad users in the overall population and not just addon users, right?

ZOS_ChipHilseberg · 09/15/16, 07:42 AM

That is correct.