Tip for Destiny's Launch

by stevrrr, Wednesday, March 06, 2013, 06:54 (4367 days ago) @ kapowaz

Servers are expensive. It makes far more sense, financially, to have enough capacity for the usual server load that will persist long after launch, than to develop the capacity for a few days of high traffic.

I would think you could rent server space for the first few days, but then there might be issues with dependability of an outside company, not to mention the potential for loss of your server code, which would make pirating the game much easier.

I think this is also what's behind the Sim City issues. It really only affects early players, which might not be a significant contribution to overall revenue. Not to mention that refunds for this sort of thing are basically non-existent, which means there's no reason not to do business this way.