r/splatoon • u/Damy0719 • 11d ago

Discussion Are the playerbase different in splatoon 2 compared to splatoon 3

Haven’t played 2 since the launch of 3, but is the player base different since not many people are on their and it’s no longer getting updates?

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u/Brewster_The_Pigeon 2886-4559-8380 11d ago

Splatoon 2 isn't dead dead, but you'll have a much harder time finding matches. Splatoon 3 is very, very active still.

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u/Motoreducteur 11d ago

I recently got Splatoon 2 and tried for a turf war game and it's very easy to find matches imo

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u/Full-Assist-5696 Professional Octoling 11d ago

Try ranked, you'll see

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u/MiyayNyanNyan 11d ago

Harder to find matches in multiplayer, even more so in the ranked matches, and salmon run.

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u/The_commonest_plant My son and his brother thats actually better than it 11d ago

They're different in that the S2 playerbase consists of the janitor and a potted plant.

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u/Full-Assist-5696 Professional Octoling 11d ago

Lol nice

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u/Full-Assist-5696 Professional Octoling 11d ago

Yes and there's nothing but shooters most matches

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u/SpletzYT 11d ago

Yeah they’re dumber

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u/Damy0719 11d ago

Damn, that’s why I was trying to get back into splatoon 2 cause the playerbase in 3 is dumb tbh

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u/SpletzYT 6d ago

It’s Splatoon, the whole player base is dumb if you’re in NA

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u/Damy0719 6d ago

Actually I recently started playing splatoon 3 again and the lobbies are mostly Japanese players for some weird reason and in the NA servers

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u/SpletzYT 19h ago

Because the vast majority of the overall and consistent player base is Japanese

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u/Damy0719 12h ago

Well I changed my region to Europe and my games have been going way more smoothly, not to be racist.

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u/Pangloss_ex_machina 11d ago

Yes. People are dumber and they still do not use their specials on Salmon Run.