Alternative Power Source for SE

[Mordanthos]

Why do you all not understand that they arent losing money for not having the servers up. No power=No cost to keep the servers active. They already got our March payment, and if the servers arent up and we are credited for April, theres really no loss at all. They arent losing money, there is no cost when there is no power, duh

[rog]

Why do you all not understand that they arent losing money for not having the servers up. No power=No cost to keep the servers active. They already got our March payment, and if the servers arent up and we are credited for April, theres really no loss at all. They arent losing money, there is no cost when there is no power, duh

Ignoring the things that have already been mentioned, they could be making money, but they aren't. That's called a loss. Obviously you've never heard of opportunity cost.

[Ruvion]

Why do you all not understand that they arent losing money for not having the servers up. No power=No cost to keep the servers active. They already got our March payment, and if the servers arent up and we are credited for April, theres really no loss at all. They arent losing money, there is no cost when there is no power, duh

You obviously never studied business. They still have to pay overhead costs. The cost of renting the buildings they're in, paying taxes on the land if they own it, paying the salaries of the employees for this time off, etc. SE IS losing money, which is why they should be using this time to build servers in California and run this game from the US as a back up plan. Remember they are also losing any earned income for providing a free subscription in the month of April, and that's if this game is back up and running by then. Not to mention the countless number of people that will probably not return because they discovered something else to do.

Why does everyone think FFXI is their only revenue? I guess they never publish or release anything else. i must be living under a rock.

They're losing money on FFXIV right now too. They also cannot produce ANY other games they make, no Research and Developement is taking place. They are losing money in more ways then one. FFXI and FFXIV were great sources of revenue for SE...

[Lolism]

Remember the Japan office isnt the only one, Im sure they are still hard at work on Deus Ex stateside, they were never making money off 14. Not releasing Deus Ex and the failing 14 were this years losses for them. They have multiple IPs, and whatnot they are still making money off of, All i was stating is that everyone around here seems to think they are going to sink because of FFXI being down.

I was never saying that they were making money. I was just pointing out to all the chicken littles that they arent sinking.

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