And then there is Eve Online with a map of 8000+ star systems and 20-30 K accounts online (and has at times been double that).

Sounds like they’re running the exact same scam as with the first game.

Making a big map isn’t necessarily hard or complicated to do. Making it good would be, but if they are claiming they can handle 5000 players in the same server, something even massively funded MMORPGs barely can do, they are more than likely just gonna randomly generate a landmass and call it a day.