My 2 cents about the future

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Did they say they aren't going to run it anymore? I skim read the thread :|

[Merlin]

They dont want the liability after the hack. And they don't want to sell it at a reasonable price. So right now the best bet is LL getting a licensing deal.... at least until they do want to sell it reasonably. They probably don't want to give up the name & domain though thats pretty much worthless without us!

If we have the code a slight variation on the name like Planetron (tm) (c) would do the job and make a smooth transition.

In any case its all talk till we have something concrete.

[DarkHeart]

Originally Posted by Monroe

A reasonable price for PA given it's current player base, code state, sentimental value, and historic brand name is probably somewhere between E35k-E100k. Some of you may be shocked about even these numbers, but I've bought and sold software companies in the past and valuation is just as much about perception as it is the actual financial fundamentals of a software product. I would imagine that somewhere in this range is where Spinner is willing to consider and since Spinner states that the price he's actually heard is quite a bit higher than what he is willing to consider then that puts my numbers in the ball park.

Shocking to the PA community? No doubt

I think the shock maybe not in what was paid for it, but that so much may have been paid and then and then so carelessly cast to one side and seemingly ignored, but then when you compare that investment with what Jagex reportedly turns over, it really wasn't that big an investment to them, though an eye watering sum of money to us mere mortals just saw there has been a new cov op and changes to government... Minor changes granted but maybe an indicator of things to come should LL's licensing deal complete and PA is back in the hands of ppl who care about it