They "upgraded" to support the mobile version. Age I and Age II still bring in money somehow so no reason for them to kill it.
He can't say that there will be no more new servers. That is what would be bad for business. The fact that there are still people coining shows how much abuse the community is willing to take. I think they are just riding it out until coining doesn't cover overhead for Age I and Age II.
We can only guess what their overhead is. But I do agree that they are still bringing in more than they are spending.
I'd say that promos are probably their biggest money maker year over year. Yes, a new server is a boost but probably a lot less now with bots doing the work.
I haven't played in over a year. Maybe closer to 2 years. What have they done to slow bot expansion? I doubt they are putting any development effort into the game. It makes no sense for them to.
Pretty much everything you said supports the idea that they are just riding out the game until it's not profitable. Mobile has been their focus for a long time. They aren't trying to get more Age I and Age II players. They aren't actively developing for Age I or Age II. They aren't doing anything to indicate they care about Age I or Age II beyond the money they still get from long time players. They aren't even doing much to keep their existing players.
Honestly, I don't blame them. It's a legacy platform and there are greener pastures in the mobile space.


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