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Here's a little perspective for those who question whether or not this is a "money-maker" for Disney, and therefore, whether it's in their (pocketbook) interest to make this game attractive.
As of today there are 155,100 pirates registered with the game, under the beginning letter of their name A only.
I didn't bother to search any further...seemed like a good enough place to start.
Charitably, let's say that only 10% of them P2P...that's 15,510 folks forking out their hard-earned money.
Those 15,510 people (the 10% of the registered A names) would account for a minimum of $1,240,800 in Disney's coffers per year. And that's if they're paying annually...if they pay semi-annually, or monthly, it's even more.
And, by the way, I stink at math, but I can grasp those figures.
Over a million dollars a year from one letter of a pirate's name? I didn't bother to go onto B. There's 26 letters in the alphabet, folks.
Even if you cut the percentage to 1%, you're talking $155,510 a year. From one letter in the alphabet. Times 26 is $4,043,260.00 a year.
Yes, we can argue about Q-names and X-names, and Y-names and Z-names and their frequency being less all day long, but that's not the point. Disney is making money on this game that is not being funneled back into content/gameplay.
Panda3d is Disney's baby. This entire game is Disney from the beginning to the end.
I play another MMORPG which is, on the surface, F2P, but if you want to accomplish anything you use real money to buy things. However...they update weekly. They introduce new content, at the minimum, monthly.
Don't get me wrong...I've been playing PotCO since the beginning. I take breaks (sometimes extended) from the game out of frustration. But don't think Disney couldn't do a MUCH better job of delivering content and enhanced gameplay.
They're making money on this game. No doubt about it. But the money isn't going back into the game.
I love this game. I'll stick by it until...but I know it could be so much more.
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