Is Mabi NA in danger of closing? - Your thoughts?

• Yakumo Yukari wrote on 2013-04-03 02:10

  Quote from Ashikoki;1061742:

  Both games are giants of mmorpgs. There is no way I can really give a statement on when it will die.
  
  WoW will live an indefinite amount of time. People talk about how its dying, or how new games will kill WoW, but each expansion manages to bring WoW's subscriber counts back up to 10+ million.
  
  Blizzard will actually accurately decide when WoW has reached its peak, and release their next mmorpg before it truly declines.
  
  I've never played Runescape or know much about it. So I don't know what to say here. I know you're trying to compare them to other long lived games. I would say the difference between mmo giants like maplestory and niche games like mabinogi are just sheer numbers. Mabinogi has everything it needs, but NA's numbers are abysmal compared to KR's population.
  
  If NA Nexon sees greater opportunity costs in another source, they'll hop to it. That is why I predicted 3 years. The next wave of mmorpg's are coming around then.
  
  In arguing against my own points, there are games like Ragnarok, which has lost most of its original players but still maintains service. But Ragnarok is a very low/cheap maintenance game. It practically runs itself. I don't think Mabinogi can do the same.

  
  
  Your sig.
  
  It changes. I just noticed.
  
  Link me to all the pictures. All of them. owo
• Aubog007 wrote on 2013-04-03 02:10
  When a game stops updating for over 2-3 months. Then worry.
• Xemnas wrote on 2013-04-03 02:19

  Quote from Aubog007;1061750:

  When a game stops updating for over 2-3 months. Then worry.

  
  
  Is that why everyone was in panic mode before the homestead update was announced?
• Cyrene wrote on 2013-04-03 02:38

  Quote from Ashikoki;1061726:

  
  
  Mabi is actually already far past its reasonable point of existence. Its current survival is attributed to its uniqueness, which services a very niche audience. This position will be filled by a more up to date game within that time frame.
  
  

  I'm hoping Project Nt lives up to be a replacement for mabi..
• Dracius wrote on 2013-04-03 02:41
  I spent so much money on this game, they'd better compensate more than a measly 10k NX.
• Cyrene wrote on 2013-04-03 02:43

  Quote from Dracius;1061767:

  I spent so much money on this game, they'd better compensate more than a measly 10k NX.

  
  
  Or atleast give us all closed beta keys to all future games and 100k nx.
• Aubog007 wrote on 2013-04-03 02:45

  Quote from Xemnas;1061756:

  Is that why everyone was in panic mode before the homestead update was announced?

  
  Dont forget pre g15
• Hotpocketboy2 wrote on 2013-04-03 02:50
  Dragon Nest has a 3x larger fan base (according to Facebook) than Mabinogi and it's constantly growing. I think DN will last a while. Most of the other Nexon games seem to be doing okay. I think it will be another few years before another game gets closed (last game that closed down was 2 years ago - PopTag iirc), and it's hard to tell which one it will be.
  
  Also, Nexon needs to stop adding a bunch of new games (Navy Field 2 - wtf is that?). Focus on the ones you have and learn to improve your customer support and how to make your customers happy.
• Blassreiter wrote on 2013-04-03 03:31
  Mabinogi, the game where people pay just to sit in-game at Dunbarton. I think Mabi is going to be fine for a very long time.
• Taycat wrote on 2013-04-03 03:42
  BUT I LIKED DFO.
  WHY.
• Joker wrote on 2013-04-03 04:11
  I'm pretty sure they can run mabinogi with its servers on how much Kingofrunes gives them.... ..... ... :P (don't hurt me king xD <3 )
• Kenero wrote on 2013-04-03 04:22

  Quote from Joker;1061837:

  I'm pretty sure they can run mabinogi with its servers on how much Kingofrunes gives them.... ..... ... :P (don't hurt me king xD <3 )

  
  
  I have a friend who spends 5k+ a month in Mabinogi. He probably pays for the whole Mari server upkeep by himself (though not enough for the employees).
• Ashikoki wrote on 2013-04-03 04:23

  Quote from Yakumo Yukari;1061747:

  Your sig.
  
  It changes. I just noticed.
  
  Link me to all the pictures. All of them. owo

  
  
  Time to F5 F5 F5 F5 F5
• Yakumo Yukari wrote on 2013-04-03 04:31

  Quote from Ashikoki;1061845:

  Time to F5 F5 F5 F5 F5

  
  
  No. Dammit no.
  
  Seem to still be getting mixed responses.
• Dracius wrote on 2013-04-03 04:56

  Quote from Kenero;1061844:

  I have a friend who spends 5k+ a month in Mabinogi. He probably pays for the whole Mari server upkeep by himself (though not enough for the employees).

  
  
  [S]What employees?[/S]