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Originally Posted by Bones
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Quarm and P99 at the peakest of peaks didnt have anywhere near the same pop as THJs peak
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We don't know that though? THJ's active log in peak record of ~4k was decently higher than P99's peak (which I think was a little above ~3k as the most ever), but typically averaged ~1,700 users online. We know THJ had 30,000 accounts created, but we don't have insight into how many of those were actual unique users vs additional accounts created by one user. We also don't know how many total accounts P99 has (and again, the same problem would occur where we don't know how many are truly a unique player rather than multiple accounts tied to one player).
[QUOTE=Bones;3765322]Why would the company suddenly care if someone else is profiting if its not affecting their revenue at all?/QUOTE]
I'm confused by this question. Basically every company doesn't like it when someone is profiting off their IP. The theory (whether accurate or not) being that if someone is spending money on your IP via that unauthorized third party's monetization of it, then it's money you might otherwise see as the IP holder that you're now losing. Every company looks at it this way. Monetizing another company's IP is basically a guaranteed way to get sued by the IP holder...especially in the gaming industry.
It's why for example mods, even complete overhaul mods, are allowed to exist for games but if you try and monetize it the studio shuts you down.