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Originally Posted by pieisbetter2
Disney has SO many other things going on. Don't you think they would much rather gather money from the box office than from people subscribed to a game? Movies are the basis of Disney. Movies are what makes Disney so successful. Yes, the smart thing would be to invest in this game, as it could possibly generate as much revenue as films. But then what would happen to their films? They would flatten out, and people would lose interest. Movies have a wider audience than games. Think about it, a single movie probably makes more money than this game does in a year, let alone a franchise like the POTC films.
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You seem to be defending the fact that this game can go under any year now. Disney makes millions of dollars a day at the parks and attractions alone, not to mention the movies also bring in more money.
You're telling me that if Disney gives the developers, say, ten million more dollars to work on the game and update it, along with hiring new developers, that things would
flatten out?
You really don't understand the amount of money Disney makes if you think spending a few million dollars on their online games would flatten the company out. Nothing would flatten out. They would still have billions of dollars left over for the theme parks and the movies. I don't understand why you think things would flatten out just because their online games would be boosted.
Disney has no excuse for giving up on these games. They own these games and right now they're just bragging rights. They can say they produce video games and MMO's, but that doesn't mean they produce good MMO's.
I'm completely disappointed by whoever is in charge of making these games survive. They have SO much potential, more than any other MMO out there, possibly even more than WOW. The problem is, Disney looks as these games as show cases, not profit.
EDIT: I love Toontown and POTCO both and that's why I'm being harsh on Disney. These two games are amazing to play and they're simply beautiful to look at.(for MMO's, that is) Playing Toontown since 2004 and POTCO since Beta in 2007, I've been a fan of the two games since the beginning. Each year I see these games decline, the majority of the decline being since 2008 to 2011. Toontown hasn't seen a major update(such as a new Cog HQ) since 2008 and we haven't seen a new story quest(involving the Kraken) since the beginning of POTCO.
Something is telling me these games are slowly getting cut out of the Disney equation. Whoever wanted to put these games out on the market must have thought they could spend a little amount of money and make an even greater amount. It just doesn't work that way and I fear within the next ten years these games will be out of the MMO contest. With each year other games soar and these get left in the dust. Disney needs to open their eyes and realize they're sitting on a diamond mine.