You can't "lock" something that doesn't exist.

[Nyxn607]

acturally its simple math and logic

okay best server is around 20-30k cash x lets say q per database

nxt the software is around 1-10k depending how they did it
the ppl maybe make 32-35 a hour

so lets say xiv start up project was around 600k total

now take into account turn ins
15-30 dollar month sub depend on retainers u got
70 inital buy
and then mogstation randoms/name/data/server changes
so around add that up x the number of players
so lets say total income amount into the game is around 1.7million -2million is a pretty good estimate

so maybe you should stop believing what companys tell you its usually a lie lol

Money is not the only issue ... they may not have the space, may not have the funding to provide space or another salary for a new person, they may not have gotten good enough applicants, the list goes on. The only people that know that answer is SE themselves. Suggesting that they did not already think of hiring a new person is a ludicrous thought. That is most likely the first thing they thought about.