Easy Idea to get the player count up - staff have a look!- - Page 2

Reborn_Soul · #16 04-08-2008, 04:52 AM

[QUOTE=Googi;1384835]No it wasn't.

yes it was around 04 x-mas time I think ask around some you will see

Noobie8205 · #17 04-08-2008, 04:54 AM

Everyone is killing this idea yet look at MapleStory.. the game is completely free and I bet you they make 20x as much money as Graal off this same concept.. Give people that are willing to spend additional money a little extra! Though they're not giving players items to make them better than anyone else, only luxury items. People like "flashy pretty things" MapleStory alone proves that.. Though I doubt this could ever happen because that would actually require a steady stream of development by staff on a constant basis.. not only on holidays.. When I say "staff" I mean actual paid staff I would never expect players to develop things like this.

Googi · #18 04-08-2008, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Noobie8205

Everyone is killing this idea yet look at MapleStory.. the game is completely free and I bet you they make 20x as much money as Graal off this same concept..

Games like MapleStory, Neopets, etc. can afford to let a lot of players play for free and only make money off of advertising or a selling things to a few players because the cost per player is far lower than on Graal because Graal uses more bandwidth/server resources.

Reborn_Soul · #19 04-08-2008, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Googi

Games like MapleStory, Neopets, etc. can afford to let a lot of players play for free and only make money off of advertising or a selling things to a few players because the cost per player is far lower than on Graal because Graal uses more bandwidth/server resources.

not like they are making alot of money now from the low player count

Googi · #20 04-08-2008, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Reborn_Soul

not like they are making alot of money now from the low player count

If Graal doesn't make enough money per player to cover the costs each player imposes, then having more players just means losing more money.

xAzerothx · #21 04-08-2008, 05:18 AM

They make money from all the gelat items on Zone.

Reborn_Soul · #22 04-08-2008, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by xAzerothx

They make money from all the gelat items on Zone.

see good way for them to make more money with GK then from this idea

Tigairius · #23 04-08-2008, 05:47 AM

No. If anything moving it to classic should be a last resort, we're not on a last resort yet, and I doubt we'll ever be.

cbk1994 · #24 04-08-2008, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Googi

If Graal doesn't make enough money per player to cover the costs each player imposes, then having more players just means losing more money.

PPV ads in the PMs! ;o

DustyPorViva · #25 04-08-2008, 06:06 AM

Oh, oh, I know a way!!!

Flying technology...

cbk1994 · #26 04-08-2008, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Oh, oh, I know a way!!!

Flying technology...

LOL

Maxo14 · #27 04-08-2008, 07:24 AM

I agree with ummm Daya isnt it?

Googi · #28 04-08-2008, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by cbkbud

PPV ads in the PMs! ;o

It's been tried.

Eranian · #29 04-08-2008, 10:15 AM

Nobody actually plays GK.

I bet you could just delete all the content and replace it with a single screen that has a single number on it, and then give people the option to increase their number by 1 for $1, and all the people that currently 'play' there would still update their subscription every month.

"My number is higher, I win".

Seriously though, delete it.

kia345 · #30 04-08-2008, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by xAzerothx

They make money from all the gelat items on Zone.

The point of items in Gk was leveling up to get better things. Zone never took anything special to obtain newer, better weapons. Better things on Gk come from things like alchemy and events, or leveling up to add IWDs, things you have to work for.

Look at Zodiac, with its bordering 100 people. They're not having anyone pay for items.