Quote Originally Posted by Ayanno View Post
....just no. For MMO's, subscriber numbers are very, VERY important. If you sell 4 million copies 2 years ago.....but only 5,000 are actually still paying......is the game still profitable? No, it's not. MMO developers make their profits off subscriptions, not initial copies sold. Those copies sold off set the original dev costs. Future content is paid for by subscriptions. You know what else is paid for by subscriptions? Profits.
hehehehe Cash shop :P that be why SE still has it up