So anybody who doesn't make a certain set amount of money based on the investment they put in towards college is also a failure? It failed to meet expectations, but it doesn't make it a failure.
As for Circuit City, no, the investors were not making money. If they were, Circuit City stock wouldn't have been trading at below $1/share. Investors weren't making money. If they were, Circuit City stock wouldn't have been tanking. Investors weren't making money. If they were, there would have been more interested parties in purchasing the company. No, the investors were not making money. The company was not making money. In fact, they ceased paying out dividends months before they filed for bankruptcy. Seriously, research.
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That wasn't really them playing games as opposed to softening the blow. They can list players as subscribers if those people are still an active subscriber. It doesn't matter if they had cancelled or not. As long as they could still log into the game, they can be considered "subscribers".