OTM has about 12 people working there if I recall... $17,500 is hardly enough to sustain a lifestyle of golf.
Seriously, if OTM was making $17,500 a month. They would be out of business. They wouldn't be able to switch forum service providers, get new offices and hire new people like they just did recently.
Yes that server info was from the Sulis is the best thread.
So lets take that. This is all logical conjecture of course. OTM won't release their plat sales, because in my honest opinion, if they did, we would riot on them. People spending upwards of $4000. Ridiculous.
So 5000 toons per 14 servers equals 70,000.
THIS GAME IS DESIGNED FOR PLAT. Killing bosses requires plat items. Whether that person obtained it in game or whatever, someone actually bought plat to put that item into play. Using tons of pots and idols to kill bosses may seem small but when you add it all up, it amounts to huge.
Say 10,000 of those are "ACTUAL" players and not alts or multi devices or whatever.
So 10,000 buys a minimum $5 a month. Equals $50,000. That is my low estimate.
This is very easy to do. When you charge $5 on your itunes account, one does not think about it. Its like in Canada. When you use an ATM machine that is not your banks, your bank charges you $1.00. Your in a hurry so you do it. But if 20,000 people do that across Canada within the same hour, the bank just made an easy $20,000.
Same with CH. $5 to buy 60 plat for alt book, potions and idols. Your thinking no big deal whats $5.
I hope no one feels "sorry" and how poor OTM is doing. I think the opposite. These guys are raking it in, just from seeing how the game operates and how plat is integrated into the game.
Also the work week in North America is set at 40 hours.
So let's hypothesize again.
12 guys working 40 hours a week. That comes to 480 hours a week. Times 4 weeks. Equals a whopping 1920 hours per month.
This game is SMALL. Were not talking World of Warcraft, Dragon Age, or even Skyrim size.
And the best "update" these guys could do is flying clouds and more f#$@@ hat picking.
I just hope that we as the game user don't end up as suckers and OTM playing us for fools.
Like I said in my other posts. If I could sell my account I would dump CH and go strictly O/C. If OTM turns a blind eye to account sharing then why can't I sell my account? But that's another topic which has been discussed.