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Celebrating 4th of July! - Eos - 2009-07-03
BombsAway Wrote:I understand the costs of running a game like this are massive and take that into consideration, but Maple Story is one of the top-earning MMOs currently. Apparently in 2008 they were the #4 top earner last year, making between $150 and $500m. There is no way that their costs are any where near that. While admittedly, I don't know exactly how much it costs to run a game like this, I would estimate that at most it is $20m/year and that includes salaries.
So calling them greedy isn't a stretch by any means.
It most certainly is. You're calling them greedy for milking money out of their most profitible venture.
Keep in mind the money that comes from MapleStory goes to fund their other games as well, several of which are just starting out and are almost certainly operating in the red as they strive to prove themselves and become profitible.
That report was on their revenue not their profit, and on top of that it admitted to being a guess so it's not like it's even measurably accurate. Without knowing their operating costs collectively in North America all you're operating on is sticker shock and a sense of indignation that you've honestly no right to.
If they were a publically traded company their own board of directors would sue them for not doing everything they could to get as much money from every venture as possible. If you doubt that, look it up, it happened to Henry Ford when he was too "kind" to his employees and the public.
It's not greedy for them to try to get more money when their literally is no such thing as "enough". The more they have the more they can do - just like there is no such thing as having "enough" mesos in Maple unless you've completely run out of goals and don't want to play any more. There's always something to spend the money on. That's why lottery winners are broke inside two years on average
Celebrating 4th of July! - FrozNlite - 2009-07-03
I SO called this a week ago! Without fail, Nexon ALWAYS has a 2x event on every major American holiday, whether it's a 2 hour event or a 12 hour one. Way to go!
Celebrating 4th of July! - SuGaRnSp1C3 - 2009-07-03
Can we not complain & just ENJOY the 2x exp event?.. It's not that serious.. It's not like Nexon is forcingyou to buy 2x cards or anything.
Celebrating 4th of July! - Kaasoljoyyx - 2009-07-03
@Bombsaway: This isn't the angry dome and it's really annoying that almost every thread people read has you ranting. It's just like another certain someone on these forums.
Wanna complain? Go there. People like myself avoid those forums so we don't have to deal with this. Also this topic should go back to being on-topic.