what is it? i mean in the sense that it has a strong showing on the books every quarter, not some "oh we're spending 3600/mo in upkeep and we're making 4100/mo" type deal. something that represents at least 15%(or more) of the parent company's earnings every quarter.

is it Lineage?

Originally posted by Rthuth434

what is it? i mean in the sense that it has a strong showing on the books every quarter, not some "oh we're spending 3600/mo in upkeep and we're making 4100/mo" type deal. something that represents at least 15%(or more) of the parent company's earnings every quarter.

 

is it Lineage?

Impossible to say really...Could be Lineage, Could be Runescape...

WoW?

Otherwise maybe Runescape?

 UO is still running and still profitable.

Even recently had an expansion I believe.

Originally posted by Rthuth434
did RS ship before Lineage? it's gotta be one of those two. i don't know if UO meets the requirements. i know EQ is doing well but probably not old enough.

Lineage older than EQ?  I'm surprised.  I always figured LIN as an eastern EQ clone.

Meridian 59

http://www.meridian59.com/

then Ultima Online

http://uo.com/

Originally posted by FromHell

Meridian 59

http://www.meridian59.com/

then Ultima Online

http://uo.com/

 

But I doubt meridian is actually profitable at this point, they are running purely open source through donations.

Originally posted by FromHell

Meridian 59

http://www.meridian59.com/

then Ultima Online

http://uo.com/

 

Meridian 59 has had several lengthy shutdowns (longer than 6 months), but I guess that wasn't really specified in the OP's question.

I would say that it disqualifies it from being "the longest running".

Originally posted by XAPGames

Originally posted by Rthuth434
did RS ship before Lineage? it's gotta be one of those two. i don't know if UO meets the requirements. i know EQ is doing well but probably not old enough.

Lineage older than EQ?  I'm surprised.  I always figured LIN as an eastern EQ clone.

shipped in between UO and EQ. 

FYI, unless UO makes 15% or more of EA's profits i don't think it really qualifies. ganted EA has like 100 IP's.

Originally posted by paulytheb

Originally posted by FromHell

Meridian 59

http://www.meridian59.com/

then Ultima Online

http://uo.com/

 

Meridian 59 has had several lengthy shutdowns (longer than 6 months), but I guess that wasn't really specified in the OP's question.

I would say that it disqualifies it from being "the longest running".

 

 

M59 definitely doesn't count. been shut down several times, gone open source too.

It is Lineage, started in 1998 and still has millions of players in Korea

Originally posted by XAPGames

Originally posted by Rthuth434
did RS ship before Lineage? it's gotta be one of those two. i don't know if UO meets the requirements. i know EQ is doing well but probably not old enough.

Lineage older than EQ?  I'm surprised.  I always figured LIN as an eastern EQ clone.

Lineage came out in 98 EQ came out in 99.

Edit. those are US release dates.

First is Lineage second is Runescape.

Both still make a ton of money.