Can you still make money on servers?

[Stellow]

Seems to me that nobody is playing anymore, they only do the two top servers, we can easily see servers with 30 players on at the first page.
What d you guys think about the actual situation of tibia servers?

 

[DestinationSer]

If you are creating a server for money, don't even bother doing it. You won't even have a successfull ot if you go for money..

Tibia is sure profitable still, more than it has ever been. But you shouldn't rely on it because the donations is a bonus to keep the server online, not for you to make money

 

[Stellow]

did you read only the title?

 

[mich3208]

Well to be honest, your title makes no sense in relation to your post.

I doubt OTs are dead, the community has switched to 8.60 realmaps so they can bot all day and have some 'war' which basically is a couple of bots fighting eachother. That's what they enjoy now, so we'll have to live with that for now.

 

[Evil Puncker]

your title makes no sense at all, bye.

 

[Stellow]

your title makes no sense at all, bye.

u funny

 

[TheKabom]

Yes you can still make money in OT's. Just remember to put effort into your ot.

 

[mich3208]

u funny

More like he's right, you're trying to start some kind of discussion here, yet the title has nothing to do with the actual thingyou want to discuss.

 

[HalfAway]

If you are creating a server for money, don't even bother doing it. You won't even have a successfull ot if you go for money..

Tibia is sure profitable still, more than it has ever been. But you shouldn't rely on it because the donations is a bonus to keep the server online, not for you to make money

+1.

 

[Red]

You won't even have a successfull ot if you go for money..

That's how it ought to be; unfortunately it's not necessarily true.

Red

 

[Snooby]

That's how it ought to be; unfortunately it's not necessarily true.

Red

I don't mind people attempting to earn money on their servers, aslong as they provide what they promise to their players.

 

[Snoowie]

Well to be honest, your title makes no sense in relation to your post.

I doubt OTs are dead, the community has switched to 8.60 realmaps so they can bot all day and have some 'war' which basically is a couple of bots fighting eachother. That's what they enjoy now, so we'll have to live with that for now.

I totally agree. It came like chain reaction. Botters caused fair players to start use bots or stop playing. Still if you reach the right group of people and you give them what they expect you can be successful. Tibia is timeless. People just need some REALLY fresh and good stuff. But if you set yourself strictly on earnings do not even waste your time.

 

[Red]

People just need some REALLY fresh and good stuff.

If it's too custom, a lot of players login and see an unfamiliar environment and say "wow, I don't know where I am." Then logout.
The dedicated players quit because there's only 15 of them online.

Red

 

[Ashbringer]

If you are creating a server for money, don't even bother doing it. You won't even have a successfull ot if you go for money..

#heroland

 

[Snoowie]

If it's too custom, a lot of players login and see an unfamiliar environment and say "wow, I don't know where I am." Then logout.
The dedicated players quit because there's only 15 of them online.

Red

Still I'd rather put Tibia based game (or at least custom OTS) than next RL map server with "friendly enviroment". None of RL map server will success anymore.

 

[Syryniss]

Well, I know few Polish custom OTs that are running 100+, even 150+ at weekends for quite some time and in addition to that they are making shit tons of money from item shop and pacc... The OTs isn't even that good... it was good few years ago, but know not much has changed and the people are still buying it.

 

[Zerak]

#heroland

 

[Stellow]

Well, I know few Polish custom OTs that are running 100+, even 150+ at weekends for quite some time and in addition to that they are making shit tons of money from item shop and pacc... The OTs isn't even that good... it was good few years ago, but know not much has changed and the people are still buying it.

Yes it is crazy nowadays. 3 years ago there were many players, your server had to have at least 150+ players to be at the first page, and today ... seems like dead

 

[Ahilphino]

Yes it is crazy nowadays. 3 years ago there were many players, your server had to have at least 150+ players to be at the first page, and today ... seems like dead

Decided to look this up and between 2011 and 2013 there was a HUGE loss of players and servers but after that the playercount has stayed around 20k instead of dropping.

In 2011 they also added this to otservlist: "Adding login servers (summing online players from a few servers) and counting quit players (e.g. on trainers) is also prohibited." which is why I didn't include years before 2011.

2011 feb 8 - http://web.archive.org/web/20110208200600/http://otservlist.org/

There are 47843 players online on 1483 servers
Last Update: February 8, 2011, 9:04 pm

2012 jan 26 - http://web.archive.org/web/20120126111050/http://otservlist.org/

There are 34706 players online on 1102 servers
Last Update: January 26, 2012, 12:10 pm

2013 jan 15 - http://web.archive.org/web/20130115042625/http://otservlist.org/

There are 20008 players online on 771 servers
Last Update: January 15, 2013, 5:24 am

2014 feb 8 - http://web.archive.org/web/20140208014745/http://otservlist.org/

There are 20366 players online on 680 servers
Last Update: February 8, 2014, 2:47 am

2015 feb 26 - otservlist.org

There are 19933 players online on 570 servers
Last Update: February 26, 2015, 12:52 am

Obviously it isn't super accurate since it's not the same date/same time but it gives some nice numbers atleast

 

[Red]

Decided to look this up and between 2011 and 2013 there was a HUGE loss of players and servers but after that the playercount has stayed around 20k instead of dropping.

Obviously it isn't super accurate since it's not the same date/same time but it gives some nice numbers atleast

Interesting.
Of course that's not all-inclusive and by no means the "best" way to measure the amount of "active OT players." But the drop is far too large to say it means nothing.

Red