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Pirates MMO to shut majority of servers
Pirates MMO to shut majority of servers
GamesIndustry - April 17, 2008
Submitted by deftangel (291) at 4:56AM PST on April 17, 2008
Pirates MMO to shut majority of servers
Flying Lab Software has announced that it is to shut down seven of its 11 servers for the MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea.
The developer credits the move to low server populations, a possible sign that the MMO has not done as well as predicted, and says they will be condensed for gameplay reasons.
"Providing our customers with the best gameplay experience is our first priority," explained the company via its website.
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1flyingpom posted on Pirates of the Burning Sea (PC) at 12:02AM PST on April 23, 2008. RE: Pirates MMO to shut majority of servers@deftangel, This article doesn't cover the actual reasons for the server merges. Because everything is player run (like eve online) Flying Lab Software made an estimation for the player density needed on each server. They were wrong and so have merged the servers for a higher density.[ Lurker ] [ Level 7 ] [ Rank: 1588 ]bids
14deftangel posted on Pirates of the Burning Sea (PC) at 4:56AM PST on April 17, 2008. Article: Pirates MMO to shut majority of serversPirates MMO to shut majority of servers Flying Lab Software has announced that it is to shut down seven of its 11 servers for the MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea. The developer credits the move to low server populations, a possible sign that the MMO has not done as well as predicted, and says they will be condensed for gameplay reasons. "Providing our customers with the best gameplay experience is our first priority," explained the company via its website.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 291 ]
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This still can't be a good sign as to the number of subscribers. Have there been any press releases on the number of subscribers? Additionally, this story says they are keeping just 4 of there 11 servers. There's no way this MMO is having anywhere near 200k users. Even if we make the generous assumption that 10,000 players are on a single server, the company is planning for 40k players.