Where did EQ Live go wrong?

[kazroth]

Originally Posted by Excellio [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And there it is. It is about money, and it really needs to be about money. I'm not sure what the operating costs are for this P99 server, but I'm sure it's significant. I can't imagine the costs of developing, publishing, marketing the game, and then maintaining the ongoing server to run the game.

When people (like me) complain that SoE made decisions based solely on money, we can't really take issue with that while remaining fair. If the development of EverQuest wasn't about making money, it would've never been created, or if it had been, it would've been on such a small scale that I certainly would never have heard of it. It was the prospect of profits that made the game accessible to most of us.

Yep, as I was saying on a D3 forum; unfortunately, a lot of recent trends in the gaming market just don't match up to most of our (our being players of a 13 yo game) desires. Good post.