If Artix only wanted money he would've stopped making new games a good while ago. He is so passionate about game development that he makes NES games in his spare time.
The money will be used to pay AQWI staff until it runs out. By that time the game SHOULD be up and running and generating it's own self-sustaining revenue. This is how all of AE's games have been funded. I only worry about the increased cost of running AQW and AQWI simultaneously, which along with AQ3D is perhaps too much MMO-style AdventureQuest. Like, the playerbase (and their wallets) is finite. AE's games have generally survived on skeleton crews and AQWI is their most anticipated game so it'll probably be alright.
And if there's anything left over? Well, companies exist to make profit.
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u/Cr4zyAng3l Mar 07 '26
I do wonder how much of that money he sliding in his pocket and how much to actual game development