It is a bit of both.
'So many' universes, which spreads out the player count.
And people are leaving, because some players just don't understand how to get past the 'steep' learning curve of the game. Also some people don't like the new additions either
Also, people making lame and fake copies of ogame, and all the different servers out there doesn't help either!
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "C h a r l e s" (Nov 7th 2009, 11:08am)