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MMORPG: Money, Money, Money

Posted by Hemos on from the hand-over-fist dept.

JTacomis writes "There's an interesting article up at Business 2.0 magazine about Sony Online and EverQuest. It says that EverQuest makes Sony over $5 million a month. Star Wars Galaxies is expected to make even more than that. It's a long and in-depth articles that takes us through the whole back-story to EverQuest. One interesting fact: EverQuest almost didn't get made. According to the article, the idea was originally turned down inside of Sony."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    w00t

  2. evercrack sucks... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    evercrack sucks.... play DaOC instead

  3. First MMORPG Post! by EvilCabbage · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, it would have been, but my characters initiative rating sucks.