Why are they actually pulling the plug.!?
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Father Xmas,
Posted on: 2012-09-04 16:29 in Player Questions
You are forgetting hosting costs, server maintenance in case of drive or blade failure, bandwidth costs for game and forum and help desk costs (my character is stuck, help!). While common questions and technical issues could be handled by players, we don't have server access to help in game. We need someone with ban hammer privileges for the hooligans that are likely to show up if it becomes known that the "town" don't have a "sheriff" anymore.
And without a way to collect money to pay for those minimal costs, it costs money to process subscriptions and the like, as well as some amount of front office overhead that'll add to the costs of keeping the servers up. The Paragon Market is run by a third party who I assume gets a cut, and possibly a minimum amount per month and without new content, I would expect that the Market may end up more of a cost than a source of income.
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This is not a thread about speculations. Its more of a question to people in the know and people in the business.
I understand not having any more updates etc... I understand not marketing the game anymore...
But why pull the plug how much can the software and the one guy to reset the servers once a week actually cost?
Why not just let the game go unsupported? Just let it go that way... Why actually pull the plug?
is there a reason that we know in fact? Is cox loosing money?
Just kinda wanted to know. If its making money why do anything. I unsderstand letting go the staff to save money etc... in hard times you got to do what you got to do. But i was prepared to spend more money id keep playing.