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Personally, when I look at online games, I see them as pay to play, no matter what.
Games that aren't pay to play need to survive off of ads, which can happen if there are enough companies which will profit because of the game but POTCO doesn't look like a game you'd play for free.
To be honest, I'm disappointed at the lack of updates just as much as you. When I look at Toontown and POTCO I see huge potential. And I mean HUGE potential. These are Disney run games, games which SHOULD prosper and be the basis that other online games shoot for.
Disney is a billion dollar company and should invest in this game. The problem is the amount of content they push out isn't enough to keep us entertained for years. We get bored within months of releases and then we have to wait more months for more content to come out. If Disney would just hire some more developers and put more money into this game, it would be great. I fear they look at these games as side attractions so the company can claim to be big in online gaming. Truth is, these two games are very creative and have great potential but Disney doesn't care enough about them.
POTCO and Toontown both should be pay to play, but I agree that they just don't get updated enough to be pay to play. this game is a few years old and we still haven't seen things like the Kraken(promised by developers to come out near the end of 2009!)
I don't think these games will be around much longer if Disney continues on this lazy track. The only way they're going to make millions off of these games is if they invest millions into it. We'll see what happens over the next decade, though.
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