Quote Originally Posted by viion View Post
It doesnt matter because SE obviously know it doesn't cover the cost, hell it doesn't cover a fraction of the cost. 200k/month is about 15 people's wages, and there is supposed to be 200 people working on it.

To think for a second that it matters at all is just silly, its SE blinding you. They just want to recover some money and likely have other reasons for it (share holders pissed? need a small income for other things? who knows).

SE know the exact figures and from these figures we see, SE seem very happy to make it p2p and continue on v2, so like mog said, it doesnt matter. SE know they are not making tons.
Its still a horrid business excuse. Why let potential long term players walk out the door and have that chance of never coming back because you want to make a quick buck? A Year is a huge time frame for someone o forget about an MMO on the rocks, or to find another one of the big MMOs and end up spending all their time on that instead. Keep the game free means everyone who has even a little interest can see the game get better and better until 2.0 and they have NO reason not to stay, because it dont cost them jack.

would you rather scrounge 1 year out of 10k people at 10$ or potentially get 5+ years out of double or triple that at 13$? Seems pretty obvious to me...