Let’s talk a little about the different types of games that we (in Tahadi Games) look at. As an MMO publishing company, our focus will be games that are played online. What’s so special about this type of game? Well, in a simple word it boils down to continuous revenue. Compare this to how games used to be made and run as a business.
The old type of business model would be what we call “box sales.” That is, a game development company spends millions of dollars to develop a game. They spend a few million more to market and advertise their product. To make all this up, they need to sell copies of the games–that is, a box with a cd installer in it. Now there are several big problems with this model.
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