An inside source says DDO is still profitable  but this 10th year anniversary marks the last year to save it. Turbine thought the anniversary would bring profits up enough to keep it from being shut down. It has until November 3rd to get 200% more in profits than it did last year or it will shut down in January. If it reaches the goal, it gets another 5 years.

Assuming that this rumor isn't just bullshit, then it is a done deal.  There's no way they can triple revenues even over a years long plan, and only a startup or a company launching a hot new product could expect that kind of change across 6 months.

And once again, yet another "I've got bad news, so I'm relevant" poster crawls up out of the muck....

If this is even remotely true they're being quite generous considering the patient had gangrene in every extremity. The only way DDO can be saved is by firing it's current saboteurs, namely Sev, Cord, Varg, Steel and getting developers in that really care about the game. They must fix the lag that was created with their grossly miscalculated DC move and fix the bugs that have been plaguing the game for years. Take the game down for 2 weeks, even a month. Go for broke. Nothing to lose if the game is being shut down in less than a year. Did they really expect profits to increase in the current and daily exacerbated state just because of the namesake of a nice round number for an anniversary?

Then they need to do some serious reconfiguration because Cordovan and his little band of fanbois have been deliberately ruining the gaming experience for many players for at least the last year. WB and Turbine must do some serious damage control and start handing out a metric shit ton of freebies to repair the years of damage sunk in time, misery and disgust players have tolerated. Then when DDO is brought back up, the one thing that will save the game will be loyalty. It's the only thing. Not to Cordovan and the promise of concessions and approval. Not to Turbine or WB, but loyalty to the friendships forged for a decade and the experiences that have colored them.

This rumor needs to be confirmed one way or another, but either way me and many MANY others aren't spending one fucking red cent so long as DDO is being fucked with in such a careless manner.  Its players are being considered the source of welfare for Cordovan and the devs while they spit and laugh at us from behind the walls of Turbine. I'm not going to pay for a broken game and reward awful people with shitty attitudes while watching a game I have invested nearly 10 years of my days being deliberately run into the ground.

If they wanted to increase profits 200% over last year, they're doing a horrible job.  1 update of just gnomes and nothing more, followed by an update of 3 f2p quests.  Unless they are planning some kind of expansion (ravenloft?), there is nothing they can do to save the game - truth of rumor or not.

Kype wrote on May 19^th, 2016 at 10:51pm:


Without knowing the number, you can only guess what that means. They got rid of their talent, moved to a cheaper datacenter, and still have some paladins contributing endless money sucking down bought pots like water.

If they made $1 profit, that means they just need to make $3.

They have no clue how to make an anniversary that would bring in money. It was a lot of insider jokes that only meant things to a few people and nothing to bring / retain players. I was fine with it until the point where it was supposed to MAKE money.   They should have merchandised the dice I am sure there were a few jealous paladins who would bid for them on eBay.

Kype wrote on May 20^th, 2016 at 4:07am:


When a product is making a profit in reporting terms, it is usually after all costs related to it are factored in.
This usually includes overhead costs too.

If it still makes money, but not enough to justify further investment or mgmt time, it then goes into maintenance mode where it only has to cover the cost of maintenance staff and server costs.

Your scare tactic is illogical and about as realistic as the joker with "inside knowledge" who told everyone that Sev was about to be sacked last year.

Suggest we move this thread to the drama section.

Why wouldn't they tie the server move to this rumored "shut it down or keep it 5 more years" decition? Move servers first and decide wheter to keep them up or not one year later would be stupid even for Turbine standards.

Asheras wrote on May 20^th, 2016 at 8:37am:


I agree that the OP is a pretty great troll post, but you can't seriously suggest that Turbine won't make a business decision in a certain way because "nobody" else does.

That's why the OP is such a great troll.  It's so over the top absurd that it's easy to see it as consistent with Turbine's past practices.

Kype wrote on May 19^th, 2016 at 10:51pm:


FTFY.

Novalis wrote on May 19^th, 2016 at 11:25pm:

Your posts confuse me.  You claim to have stopped playing.  So how exactly is anything that Turbine does or doesn't do changing how many red cents you pay?  How does a statement such as "I'm not going to pay" make any sense at all, since you are already not paying?

Kype wrote on May 19^th, 2016 at 10:51pm:



Honestly, I don't see Turbine shooting themselves on the foot by shutting down DDO when there's a D&D movie coming around the corner.
It's the typical case of a WIN-WIN situation, even if they keep the game in it's sloppy work state. People will be attracted to the game because of the movie.

Flav wrote on May 20^th, 2016 at 12:58pm:


I'm hoping the movie will inspire them to poor some cash into revitalizing DDO. They've got LOTRO and are making money on it years after the movies. Why develop a new movie tie-in MMO for the DDO movie when you've already got one that just needs a little spit and polish?

Hey, maybe the movie will lead to a big huge expansion so new players can play the movie Lol either way I think the movie will be great for DDO.