2 Million Pirates Shanghai'd

The Escapist's news feed reports that 2 Million characters have been made in Puzzle Pirates since the launch of the game. From the article: "Three Rings' CEO Daniel James sees 2 million users as confirmation of the micro-currency model. 'We believe that this model represents the future for online entertainment. Our inspiration continues to be the Korean market, where 'free to play, pay for item' is the ubiquitous business model for online games. As the US market matures to meet Korea, we intend to keep leading the way.' In addition, the company recently released the beta version of a new game, Bang! Howdy, a multiplayer online tactical strategy game for the PC, which uses the same payment structure and online distribution model."

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Re:You're not approaching it right...

[siriuskase]

But attacking weaker players isn't much of a challenge. You won't rise in the game by being a bully, and besides, all newbies are weak and they wouldn't hang around to make those micropayments if they kept being the victims of uneven battles.

To repeat, you can attack ships who are your equals or you can attack stronger ships with stronger crews. If you whoop a weakling who was dumb enough to attack a stronger crew, then you do get to take all there stuff and you aren't a bully.