By higher profit they probably mean any profit at all
This comment just took me back to my time in The Matrix Online, and the perpetual anger the community had with Sony and their lack of development/interest/activity etc. Of course it turned out they had a few hundred subscribers that simply didn't cover costs of keeping the game online let alone improving it.
Mistakes were certainly made by Monolith and subsequently Sony, but that's not the point. It's hard when you're emotionally invested in a game to accept poor communication and seemingly inevitable wind down, especially when the game is purely online.
Off topic, but I still have my 'Matrix Online' box-included world map hanging somewhere. Every time I glance at it I feel disappointed about its' eventual fate. That community , while apparently small, was one of the most dedicate and loud gaming communities that I have come across.
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By higher profit they probably mean any profit at all
This comment just took me back to my time in The Matrix Online, and the perpetual anger the community had with Sony and their lack of development/interest/activity etc. Of course it turned out they had a few hundred subscribers that simply didn't cover costs of keeping the game online let alone improving it.
Mistakes were certainly made by Monolith and subsequently Sony, but that's not the point. It's hard when you're emotionally invested in a game to accept poor communication and seemingly inevitable wind down, especially when the game is purely online.
Off topic, but I still have my 'Matrix Online' box-included world map hanging somewhere. Every time I glance at it I feel disappointed about its' eventual fate. That community , while apparently small, was one of the most dedicate and loud gaming communities that I have come across.