ddo has a unique demographic such that i would go as far as to claim they have a monopoly on their market
dungeons and dragons as a legal entity has a huge fan base, far broader than pretty much any product that could be textured and modeled into a moneyfarm. show me another platform that has had people playing for
41 years
7 months
5 days ago
19 hours
20 minutes
43 seconds
ago, to be precise
How many days ago... 15193 days
How many weeks ago... 2170 weeks
how many months ago... 499 months
so no mater what dogshit is pushed from the colon, these people have one option. further more, theyve invested far more into this single option than theyd be willing to repeat into a new venture- if there was even an alternative to be had. These are people who are seeking the joys of their past, remembering the good ol days of playing dnd in a garage 40 years ago when they were 15. no matter how good any other game is in comparison, those people are looking for a brand, memories and a ruleset, all of which turbine has licensed and implemented rather exclusively.
no matter what happens, you are gonna desire a pipe with water into your house. you will suck whatever dick is mandated by the state to ensure that fluid flows. DDO is the piping that relays memories of old times to old and anchored down nerds with careers, retimement packages, fat fucking wives and autistic kids, and a ton of time to waste their life's worth of earnings on content (ie: shit).
ddo will run until standard software is incapable of running the outdated code and no one will be competent enough to update the systems, because there will always be old people with no alternative seeking the unattainable pleasures of their youth, fueled by dollars or whatever shit currency they choose to use
deny it