A lot. If you are not really really wealthy you have no chance :D
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A lot. If you are not really really wealthy you have no chance :D
Many people who do this begin with an illegal server instead. There is a lower investment required and it teaches you the skills to run a server.
The bigger cost is most likely with maintaining the MMORPG like paying staff members and servers.
An MMO thats died out you could probably buy up for a few hundred grand or less. Probably less.