Comment by Suppafly
2 years ago
>The companies that buy these service games and run them effectively just buy completed money printers and keep them operating.
I hadn't really thought about that topic in that way before. Really explains why some of those older MMOs have no desire to really make any improvements, the owners are happy to just keep them powered up and collect a check but have no incentive to invest in making them better.
I think the notion that sometimes things are just "done" is incredibly undervalued in our industry. Frankly I wish a ton of games I play would STOP updating.
>I think the notion that sometimes things are just "done" is incredibly undervalued in our industry.
I agree, but also the flip side is that things rapidly switch from 'done and working' to 'dead' pretty quickly if no one is willing to do minor maintenance.