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$100s of millions (or more) were spent trying to copy WoW by many companies and almost everyone but blizzard failed miserably.
by ido 14y ago
$100s of millions (or more) were spent trying to copy WoW by many companies and almost everyone but blizzard failed miserably.
- derefr 14y agoWith a lot of them, though, the problem was that $100s of millions were being spent. MMO games--even niche ones--have guaranteed revenue; the problem has always been making a profit after incurring such high initial development costs. You fix this by making games for cheap--Korea is pushing cheap MMOs out by the dozens, and they're all turning tidy profits.