Dollars for Donuts exchange

Nine9Nines wrote:

AJtheboss1 wrote:
Maybe when this game is finally over, and they run out of things to add, they can bring back every item back! and add a money to donut transfer system so that people can have everything before this game actually gets trashed.

Would be a nice goodbye present haha :lol:

Haha, that's a fun thought. Makes you wonder how long the game can last. One of the beauties of mobile gaming is that developers can constantly update the game and allow it to continue seamlessly as newer technology releases. But how long can they keep people interested and continue to profit off of that interest? And the real key is, how long can they continue to add new customers?

At some point, they'll decide it's no longer in their best financial interests to continue paying developers to create new content. When that happens, the game can still continue to be profitable for a good deal of time, and that's generally what happens at the end of games like this. The updates stop (or slow down significantly), but the servers stay up. By that time, there's already plenty of content to keep newer players interested for awhile, even though long time players are slowly dying out. When that final revenue stream dries up, they'll pull the plug on the servers, and TSTO will be gone forever.

It's kind of messed up when you think about it. People are paying real money to buy this digital currency so they can get special pixels, and at any point, the game could be yanked and it all disappears.

On the bright side, it's going to be a long time before this game ever goes away. There is a ton of content that can still be added, and there is a very large and dedicated player base. The Simpsons spans generations, and there is still more to come.