When do you think POTCO ends?

[Chalupa]

I'd say it is hard to know when... MMOs are a fairly new concept, and none have really ended yet. POTCO may last till 2100 or later, or it may end in four years or so. Also, I don't think they would just terminate the game if they did get near bankrupcy, they might b able to sell it to another company.

[SEAKING23]

I think the actual concept of the game is what makes it great. You are a poor pirate who starts with nothing, then fights and quests his name up to the top, and fight for freedom along the way, and once your maxed. And meeting new people and making friends doesn't hurt ether. if Disney would stop being lazy and start making new updates and content, and maybe a never ending quest for level 50s, they would be rich.

[pieisbetter2]

Originally Posted by SEAKING23

I think the actual concept of the game is what makes it great. You are a poor pirate who starts with nothing, then fights and quests his name up to the top, and fight for freedom along the way, and once your maxed. And meeting new people and making friends doesn't hurt ether. if Disney would stop being lazy and start making new updates and content, and maybe a never ending quest for level 50s, they would be rich.

You have to understand that they are NOT being lazy. Creating let alone updating a game requires some time and a lot of work. At the moment POTCO has a pretty small team of developers, so a big update would usually take a couple months between planning and creating to release on the test server. No one but the developers knows what goes on behind those doors, so we can't just assume that they are being lazy or not even trying. Give them some time. And besides, Disney is already freakin' rich man, they could probably buy a small town for all we know.

[SEAKING23]

They are being lazy by not hiring more workers.

I just did the math. lets say POTCO has 700000 unlimited members. Member ship is 9.95 a month, so that means they make 69650000 dollars a month. if they have 100 developers, and spilt it evenly, each will receive 696500 dollars a month. in a year that 836800 dollars. thats enough to buy a house!!

[pieisbetter2]

That is very true, but I believe the POTCO developer team is just barely over 20 people if I recall. And they can't hire just anyone off the streets. Like I said before putting a game together requires experience and work. So there is just a small area of people that they can hire. I'd like to see you pull together a group of friends and throw together a game that has reached the status that POTCO has. It's complicated.