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Novas Prime 2100435625
Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.05.16 20:51:00 -
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[/quote]PC free to play market, man. Pay to win business model ruins a company's reputation but it's hella profitable. I don't want them to go down that route and they may not, bt if Dust doesn't bring in the money they need to stay afloat pay to win will look a lot more appealing to stay out of the red.[/quote]
Out of the red? dude they could probably just fund this with the profits they make from EVE, they hit the 400 thousand subscriber mark in January i think (or somewhere around that date), so 10 pounds a month at 400,000 subscribers? = 4 mil a month!!!!
I reckon they're simply using us Dusters to fuel more conflict in EVE, and there fore gain more subscribers to the EVE universe. |
Novas Prime 2100435625
Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.05.16 21:05:00 -
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David Spd wrote:In theory, sure. Player buying/selling is planned but that's all we know. They could do any number of things. CCP Has zero obligation to avoid the Pay to win business model apart from saving face and that's all there is to it. In the end CCP is a business and businesses need to make money and be profitable.
As long as reskins are selling they'll keep making them.
They make 4 mil a month just from EVE, they dont actually need the profit. They could run Dust just from EVE takings. |
Novas Prime 2100435625
Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.05.16 21:12:00 -
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David Spd wrote:Novas Prime 2100435625 wrote: PC free to play market, man. Pay to win business model ruins a company's reputation but it's hella profitable. I don't want them to go down that route and they may not, bt if Dust doesn't bring in the money they need to stay afloat pay to win will look a lot more appealing to stay out of the red.
Out of the red? dude they could probably just fund this with the profits they make from EVE, they hit the 400 thousand subscriber mark in January i think (or somewhere around that date), so 10 pounds a month at 400,000 subscribers? = 4 mil a month!!!!
I reckon they're simply using us Dusters to fuel more conflict in EVE, and there fore gain more subscribers to the EVE universe.[/quote]
Game developement isn't cheap. Check out kickstarter; games with SNES graphics need almost a mil to fund and sometimes they need more from private investers etc.
I'm sure Eve being so successful is why Dust was born in the first place but I don't tbink Eve can singl-handedly sustain it.[/quote]
ok, youre probably right, maybe not single handedly, however, remember that EVE has now been going for 10 years, initial outlay for that game has already been and gone. Over heads now for EVE? minimal. I suggest you go to google and look up the CCP headquarters in Iceland. just simply wow. That thing cost a bomb. CCP arent short of a bob or two.
Alot of games companies will hire new talent for a new game that they produce, also the MASSIVE amount they spend on advertising. CCP and Dust didnt really need to do that, look at all the free publicity they had with simply the IDEA of linking two platforms and genres, and how many new guys did they hire to make dust? did they seek out any FPS guru's from other well established companies? well considering the amount of tweaks and build to get to just this point probably not. |
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