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They get approx $120 MILLION to $200 MILLION a year to develop that's A LOT OF MONEY for what they push out, I suspect at least 40% of the budget just lines the higher ups pockets instead of going to hiring devs and delivering better end game content for the long time subbers who stay subbed between patches and xpacs like... better housing.

Your perception of what actually happens to a business' yearly turnover is extremely warped.



Out of the money they make, the following has to be paid (this might not even be a full list either)

- Technology based expenses - Replacing depreciating hardware, upgrading hardware or infrastructure etc.
- Utilities. Data Centers use a lot of water, electricity and internet bandwidth.
- Staff Wages
- Security and safety costs for buildings as well as the Data Centres.
- Security costs for the infrastructure itself. Things like Server grade Firewalls and DDOS mitigation are expensive (Note I said mitigation, not prevention as DDOS cannot be fully prevented)
- Liability Insurance, Building Insurance and other business insurances required.
- Rental costs for any data center space they take up from hosting providers.
- Business rates and other Corporate taxes. These have to be paid in most countries they have offices in (UK, JP etc)
- Ongoing costs for legal and accounting services
- Any loans the business has taken out
- Rental costs for any buildings they occupy but don't own directly
- Shareholder dividends
- Advertising and Marketing costs.


etc etc


Realistically out of that 200 mil the profit is probably 50-75.