http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A31743-2003Jun25&notFound=true

En osannut kuvitellakkaan että MMORPG:n parissa voisi työskennellä noinkin paljon ihmisiä.

Many new products of both types (console and PC) are from companies hungrily eyeing the revenue stream Sony Online Entertainment has built for EverQuest. The San Diego outfit, a division of Sony Pictures Digital Inc., doesn't disclose revenue, but some 500,000 EverQuest subscribers are paying $12.95 monthly, and company executives have said they expect to break even sometime this year.

Nopeasti suomennettuna, he odottavat pääsevänsä omilleen johonkin aikaan tänä vuonna.

Sony Online's expenses, however, are far from trivial: It employs 500 people in three states to improve upon its six or so Internet games and develop new ones. Two months ago, Sony rolled out a multi-player game in a different genre: the running-and-gunning action title PlanetSide, which drew 30,000 subscriptions in its first few days.

Toinen ote.

In addition to providing 24-hour support, Sony employs dozens of programmers to continually add fresh weaponry, skills and adventures to each game. Unlike most short-lived PC games, multi-player Internet games constantly evolve in an attempt to keep players engaged. The average EverQuest player stays with it 10 months.

Lainaus:24.08.2003 Lethal kirjoitti:
The average EverQuest player stays with it 10 months.

Juuri näin. Aina joku whinettämästä hinnoista kun ei tajua että MMORPG ei kestä vain kahta viikkoa kuten suurin osa muista peleistä, vaan 10 kuukautta.

Tässä vielä tietoa maksavien asiakkaiden määristä. http://pw1.netcom.com/~sirbruce/Subscriptions.html