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Mr. Mouse
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 235 |
CSDb - Growth of the past decennium
I'm working on an updated release of CSDb - Quantify me 2012 - 10 years of CSDb
The year 2000 is the all time low in number of releases released (as registered in CSDb). We know CSDb started in 2001, and proper in 2002. So it's worthwhile to start the counter from 2000 on and look at the growth in release till now. That's 12 years. The first 6 years an average of 882 releases a year, the second half 1055 releases a year. A slow but significant growth. Also, it seems CSDb has shown a linear cumulative growth in those 12 years.
11624 releases in the period 2000-2011. The start of CSDb has probably been very important for this growth, as it has also become a platform to release everything new immediately for many a scener. |
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Matt
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 598 |
Amen to that! |
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Heavy Stylus
Registered: Apr 2007
Posts: 62 |
Hey, I wish you could include the mid 90's with this graph so you can compare activity then to now as well :) |
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Mr. Mouse
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 235 |
I deliberately did not, as you would be depressed. You can see the data in the original CSDb analyses though. Check
http://www.xentax.com/?page_id=235
The new analysis does not alter the picture of the past much though, curves are identical.
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Burglar
Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 1085 |
nice you made a graph, too bad it shows nothing.
from just the graph (straight line!) I would say every year we have more or less the same amount of new releases.
why not show a non-cumulative graph, showing amount of new releases/year... |
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Mr. Mouse
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 235 |
Instead of just looking at the graph, read the text in the first post.I do have such another graph, though, but the straight line says all, don't it. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
http://noname.c64.org/csdb/stats/entrystat.php?type=release&day..
http://noname.c64.org/csdb/stats/stat.php#act
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Mr. Mouse
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 235 |
Indeed, or look there for the stats on the last years. You can see that the past three years have consistently shown more than 1000 releases per year. There is a small growth visible over the past 12 years, 2011 being around 147% of 2000 in terms of releases per year. So it is slow growth, but growth nevertheless.
Also, the data I have suggest that the number of releases entered in CSDb created in years other than the current year is rapidly decreasing. This might hint that a saturation effect is at work, less and less releases still out there from the past to be added to CSDb. And that in itself is logical, but also good news, as the completeness of CSDb is also improving as a result.
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
it also means that more and more people are getting more and more lazy =P |
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Burglar
Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 1085 |
Quoting Mr. MouseInstead of just looking at the graph, read the text in the first post.
"here's a graph, dont look at it, read the text instead, that's where the info is at!"
Quoting Mr. MouseI do have such another graph, though, but the straight line says all, don't it.
the straight line tells me nothing changed in the last 10 years, that we had more or less the exact same amount of releases every year.
and as groepaz posted, http://noname.c64.org/csdb/stats/entrystat.php?type=release&day.. is the interesting graph. if we could have one of those based on release year.... ;) |
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Mr. Mouse
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 235 |
It's true that people could feel less inclined to add stuff, on the other hand, there are just a few people that have added a lot, their dedicated seems supernatural, and might not falter to easily.
Burglar, like I said in the post : "The first 6 years an average of 882 releases a year, the second half 1055 releases a year. A slow but significant growth."
If I test the difference between the first 6 years, and the second 6 years, there is a significant increase in releases per year the second half. So there is some growth, and the line is indeed not completely straight. It is up to everyone to release more stuff, and not more or less the same each year as was currently the case ;-)
As for the graph per release year, you may as well take this one I did in 2010.
I have an updated one, but the curve is visually identical. |
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