BrysonBennington
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Posted - 2009.02.01 14:18:00 -
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Edited by: BrysonBennington on 01/02/2009 14:19:05
That would make to much sense Serenity Steele and as we all know it here in EvE, when is the last time that CCP ever did anything logical, pratical or made any sense?
If CCP wanted to make more money what they should do is this:
1:Server One would be for the Classic Graphics.
2:Server Two would be for Premium Grahpics.
3:Server Three would be for Premium Lite Graphics.
The notion of maintaining that you can hold 250,000 people on one server is not a reality, the most I have ever seen is 42,000 at one time. The one server mentality sounds like a group of college kids cramming theirselves into a telephone booth to see how many can get in at one time. Granted this metaphysical notion is fun, but a business is about making money, not losing money because of the simplestic nature of saying that you can have 250,000 gamers on one server when you can't.
Here is an example of a good set-up for a MMOG:
Silk Road Online - The last time I stopped by to see Silk Road Online they had maybe ten different servers. Each server had to have had maybe 10,000 players on it. Not bad. Each server had the exact game client installed on every single one. The MMOG was free as well. If CCP adopted this mentality, EvE online would gain new customers and be able to put more revenue into the game and franchise itself.
But what do I know, I've only been an avid gamer and pc fan since I first picked up the paddle wheel for the black and white pong game, typed goto line 20 days. If a company can't branch out then the company will begin to shrivel up into a dead tree that the roots can no longer hold the earth around them. What happens then? Someone comes along, pulls the tree and tosses it in the garbage.
Why do you think WoW is so huge? Multiply servers are the main key. But WoW is also a Keep It Simple Stupid gamers type of game. Just run around poke little red blobs with your sword and thats it, WoW is nothing more then a graphical illusion compared to EvE's mathematical process of matching the correct weapon to the correct ship via the needed skills.
Im certain CCP doesnt want their fans leaving EvE and merging with WoW to bring the mathematical matchup process described above to WoW making EvE a wasteland of chat rooms filled with advertisements. |