Originally posted by Pjay2k let's say we had 200.000 subscribers more before the NGE:
loss during the last 7 months = 200.000 * 15 * 7
= 21000000 (a damage of at least 21 Million Dollars)
not counted damage: - the reputation damage - the loss of trust - the friends who told their friends to stay away of SOE products
the 21 mills are nothing against the "not counted" damage
and believe it or not, John Smedley will sooner or later get fired for that... you'll see
Like it or not, what your really saying is that SWG has lost substantial revenue. That doesn't, alas, mean it is unprofitable. If SOE was an independantly traded company, certainly we would be seeing a change of CEO by now. But, sadly, Smedley is only a cog that may or may not get fired.
Originally posted by Ouchmuch They would if the contract was for 5 years with a penalty for early shutdown that is greater then just putting a skeleton crew on it and leaving it up and running.
But we don't know that is the contract 'for sure.' But I think that is their point right now, maintaining a game that remains in the black. I still don't think we would see an active publish plan if it wasn't in the black. I honestly expect SWG will remain in the black until they shut it down. Personally, I think the sign that SWG will have gone in the red will be them announcing a pre-CU server.
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