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My rant above and your response reminded me of all those tons of MMO games out there that are ancient, with a tiny playerbase, that remain profitable nonetheles
by ToucanLoucan 2y ago
My rant above and your response reminded me of all those tons of MMO games out there that are ancient, with a tiny playerbase, that remain profitable nonetheless simply because if you have a product that people like using, putting it into maintenance mode and doing the bare minimum to keep it running is a perfectly valid business strategy. The companies that buy these service games and run them effectively just buy completed money printers and keep them operating. It's not going to make anyone rich probably, but it's a perfectly valid and profitable way to go about things.
The silicon valley "grow at all costs, always evolve and innovate forever" model is so detached from the reality of most businesses in my experience.
- isoprophlex 2y agoIn biology, you'd call that a cancer. But to people praising the gospel of VC money, it's something desirable...
- Suppafly 2y ago>The companies that buy these service games and run them effectively just buy completed money printers and keep them operating. I hadn't really thought about that topic in that way before. Really explains why some of those older MMOs have no desire to really make any improvements, the owners are happy to just keep them powered up and collect a check but have no incentive to invest in making them better.
- ToucanLoucan 2y agoI think the notion that sometimes things are just "done" is incredibly undervalued in our industry. Frankly I wish a ton of games I play would STOP updating.
- Suppafly 2y ago>I think the notion that sometimes things are just "done" is incredibly undervalued in our industry. I agree, but also the flip side is that things rapidly switch from 'done and working' to 'dead' pretty quickly if no one is willing to do minor maintenance.
- u8080 2y agoYeah, like Rockstar with GTA V Online.