[MUD-Dev] business models

[Matt Mihaly]

On Tue, 22 May 2001, william ralph renner wrote:
> Christopher Allen wrote:
 
>> They also have a "Platinum" service that is $79.95 a month, which
>> gives you access to a private game server only from Premium
>> subscribers. Howevever, this has not been judged a success with
>> only a couple of hundred users in each game.
 
> On the contrary, I'd say the Platinum Services offered by
> Simutronics for their online games has been an overwhelming success.
> The idea behind this move was to create a smaller, tighter,
> RP-centered community, akin to the old GEnie days of the game.  To
> do this, Simu had to discourage 95% of their players from
> subscribing, and as in the GEnie days the only effective way was
> through pricing.

If they only have a couple hundred of players, they are only netting
an extra 16 grand a month. That's probably barely even worth the
hassle for them. As the discussion was framed in terms of financial
success, it's hard to say that their Platinum Services has been a
success, given the numbers.

--matt

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