[MUD-Dev] Requirements for MM (was Complexities of MMOG Servers)

[Dubious Advocate]

From: "Jeremy Noetzelman" <jjn at kriln.com>

>> Bioware is currently the sole provider to this market niche.  And
>> they've been quite profitable by doing so.

> Could you back up this assertion?  It's always been my
> understanding that most RPGs would not fall into the 'quite
> profitable' category, just like 90% of other games.  I'd be quite
> interested to see numbers to the contrary.

Fair enough.  And I wished I had the exact numbers but I'd have to
be registered with Bear & Sternes to get them... ;-) Still note here
the company's rankings compared *across the board*, not just against
other game companies.

  http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/awards/

Last week I tried to get to the SEC filings for Bioware and
Infogrames - it's common for companies to cite a specific product
when there is notable impact on the bottom line.  And I found no
reference but mine was a casual read.  CMOG publishers often tell me
that single box sales are very rough as revenue.  Yet here we see
Bioware doing very well with a family of them.

I believe NWN has had two major expansions, and a fairly constant
stream of free module updates.  Here is the latest...

  http://nwn.bioware.com/downloads/module_witchwake.html

We're told the PW tools everyone needs will be in the next major
release, as they're pending resources currently getting a separate
title out the door.

-----
Dave Scheffer
"Questions are a burden to others, answers a prison for oneself"


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