Ignorants thinks that huge amount of players is synonym of lot of money. My business model works for players between 25-35 years old, who love RPG, with stable job, with 1-2 hours of leisure time per day, with a total budget of $100 US monthly to spent on mtibia.
Now compare that to a profile of playres between 14-25 years old, who loves just WAR and easy things, probably studying at school or university, with lots of hours of leisure time to spent per day (the ones who play huge ots) which just spent between $5-10 US per month.
Now if you now some simple mathematics, you will understand that I need 20 times lower the amount of a huge server, to earn the same and probably more money than them.
If you don't know what is a business model, please dont respond.