THE HOLE IS A FEATURE, AND I'M HAVING FUN WITH IT

Video was crappy, and I don't think it's going to die quite THAT fast lol.

Check the statistics.
They lost half of their population in a month. The water is rushing in and fast.

Okay... checking...

http://www.swtorarena.com/backend/applications_addon/other/statistics/db/population/overall-monthly-big.png

Nope, haven't lost half their population in a month.

Sorry. I meant a few months.

Video was crappy, and I don't think it's going to die quite THAT fast lol.

It hasn't even been out a month yet... it released Dec 20th, and it's only Jan 13th.
The only population loss it has seen is when we went from holidays back to work.

Oh? I thought it has been out 2 months. I guess that's what you get when you're in a country and EA says "U WANT GAME? END OF RINE.".

Well they've had peaks of 800,000 and are now down to 400,000. That's a big drop. And the numbers are only going to get lower when the free month is up.

Yes I suppose if you exaggerate the launch day peak, and compare it to the work day average weeks later they have most certainly lost half their population. But I digress. I'm not a fan of the game and I have mixed feelings about letting my friend talk me into getting it. I'm not going to defend it any more.

when I was watching the video I was wondering if they had pulled a star trek online. hyped it up forever, then made a massive flop that might hang on for a few months to a year before going F2P.

YOU INSULT GRORIOUS DEVEREOPER? THAT IS SHAMEFUR DISPRAY AND YOU ARE NAST TROR.
DING DONG BANNU.
END OF RINE.

Yes. That is exactly what they did plus blow their whole budget on voice acting and not a single dollar went towards not making a WoW clone.

ya, I called it on being a WOW clone as soon as I saw the first game play video they released about a year and a bit before it came out.

Yes. That is exactly what they did plus blow their whole budget on voice acting and not a single dollar went towards not making a WoW clone.

[but that's how MMORPG's are done today.

you grab WoW, strip it till the bare bones and slap multi-billion dollar artistic content.

**** gamplay! WE WANT PEOPLE TALKING!

Content is not a word Bioware nor EA have in their vocabulary.

problem about storytelling is, it works awesome when applied to single playing games

Then it should've worked in SW:TOR.

The RMS Eve Online hasn++ already been dispatched,n++ however, I fear they may be too late as the radio operator was asleep when cries for help came.

Now the uploader is trying to imply something here....

The ship has sunk.

Brace for new EVE players.

At least CCP allows you to cancel your subscription and doesn't make the button magically disappear...twice (SW:TOR and WAR).

I feel like we both might be from somewhere that never talks about video games.

SWTOR will lose lots of subs in the first few months once but people will come back every 6 months, a year, or maybe more to play the new content.

Thank you for helping to make Star WarsGäó: The Old RepublicGäó one of the most successful MMO launches to date. For a limited time only, to honor our first players, we will be granting the exclusive "Founder" title to qualifying accounts*, which will apply to all of your in-game characters. This title will not be available to any new players after 3/18/2012.

Once you become eligible for the title and have surpassed your 30 days of game time included with your official Game Product Registration Code, you will be notified by email.

Ok, SW:TOR is now officially showing weakness. I just got this email allowing me to become a "Founder." (I was in the Beta and did *not* buy the game, so why would I be a founder?)


Founder FAQ/Process: http://www.swtor.com/info/founders?sourceid=eag3393

edit: Ouch. Looks like they want to get a 2nd month out you too before giving you the Founder title.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. fell nearly 3% to $17.75 on Thursday morning after an analyst with Brean Murray Carret & Co. cut his price target on the stock to $22 from $28, citing concerns about the recently released online multi-player game "Star Wars: The Old Republic." In a note to clients, analyst Todd Mitchell wrote that "creeping concerns" about the performance of "Star Wars" -- which was released in late December -- is causing him to trim his earnings estimates for the 2013 fiscal year. "Specifically, initial sales appear to be below expectations, and casual observation of early play is causing us to rethink our churn assumptions," Mitchell wrote.