Playing with Playlist Charts

Before I get going I should show you the overall population numbers during the project period.

In this chart you can see the total number of Unique Users in 24 hours for all playlists. Also included are the total number of players online at 8:00pm Eastern. You will notice that the peaks align with weekends and valleys align with mid-week. Also noticeable is that the general population was higher at the beginning of the month, stabilizing slightly lower and then a dip at the end. The dip aligns very well with the GEARS 3 Beta and the COD Black Ops map pack release.

This project first began by collecting data for the comparison of the TEAM CLASSIC and ACTION SACK playlists. Although both playlists started off with similar populations TEAM CLASSIC lost population the quickest and remained consistently lower throughout this project period. On May 3, both playlists were updated with new features but only ACTION SACK increased its population as a result. My opinion is that TEAM CLASSIC should have been removed May 3 for at least month if there was any intent at all to attract population to this type of playlist. ACTION SACK on the other hand responds well to changes in the diversity available from REACH.

Here I show a comparison between TEAM CLASSIC and a select group of successful playlists. TEAM SLAYER is the highest populated playlist and I will use it in the remaining charts for comparative purposes while keeping the charts consistent in numerical scale. The LIVING DEAD playlist just boggles me. I had no idea it was so popular. Also surprising was GRIFBALL. Playlists like this need proper care and attention. These are a special breed of player and if they weren't in these playlists where would they be? Another game?

Amongst all of the REACH playlists some are specific to this product release. They will not likely ever be removed since they represent the new core features of REACH. It would be like admitting an idea failed. No need to remove any anyway. Some like FIREFIGHT ARCADE are very popular.

Here I present the remaining playlists. I also included GRIFBALL again, either because I had a great idea or I made a mistake. Go figure. In any case the population in these playlists is consistant. They are difficult to follow in the chart so I hope you don't have the same colour discrimination issues I have.