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> Chris Lemens wrote on Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:59:14 -0800 (PST):
> > [...] The support issues are much worse,
> > so David would have to hire personnel; he'd need to
> > sign up with a co-hosting facility (for both
> > production and billing); blah, blah, blah.
>
> Contract out that sort of stuff. GameSpy (since I happened
> to be involved with using their stuff this summer) has a lot
> of the infrastructure in place and will rent it out. Though
> I don't know how much they charge for their game hosting
> services (plus the software kits for interfacing to the game
> code and other things they supply for tracking users), I'd
> expect it to be a lot less than starting your own from
> nothing. There are other game sites out there that may also
> be a good fit for the service of tracking users and subscriptions.
>
He's right. You don't have to set up your own servers. There are many hosting services which offer better servers than you could set up with lost of funds.
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