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From: Matt Mihaly <the_logos@achaea.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 06:26:21 +0000 (GMT)
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Tue, 22 May 2001, william ralph renner wrote:
> Christopher Allen wrote:
>> They also have a "Platinum" service that is $79.95 a month, which
>> gives you access to a private game server only from Premium
>> subscribers. Howevever, this has not been judged a success with
>> only a couple of hundred users in each game.
> On the contrary, I'd say the Platinum Services offered by
> Simutronics for their online games has been an overwhelming success.
> The idea behind this move was to create a smaller, tighter,
> RP-centered community, akin to the old GEnie days of the game. To
> do this, Simu had to discourage 95% of their players from
> subscribing, and as in the GEnie days the only effective way was
> through pricing.
If they only have a couple hundred of players, they are only netting
an extra 16 grand a month. That's probably barely even worth the
hassle for them. As the discussion was framed in terms of financial
success, it's hard to say that their Platinum Services has been a
success, given the numbers.
--matt
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