07-14-2005, 09:19 PM
oldmandennis,Jul 14 2005, 04:02 PM Wrote:EQ took a lot longer to get popular. Blizz has TONS of money from their previous games, and the deep pockets of Vivandi behind them.
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Actually EQ active players was pretty stable pretty quick. Other successful MMO's followed similar patterns to EQ as well as far as when they came out of loss and went into profit.
The amount of previous cash and other backing is only somewhat relevant to project finances. Though I will admit that at this stage in the game Blizzard should be able to admit to and work with money like WoW is going to bring them a strong cash flow. I'm just pointing out you are dealing with CFO's here and they don't think the same way most people do. :)
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It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.