SWTOR needs AT LEAST 1 Million Subscribers...

[QUOTE="tjricardo089"]

Another WoW killer bites the dust.

Jabby250

Haha, no. WoW is though, if anything.

Whatever makes you feel better though. :)

There was a Gamespot article that stated Bioware needing 500,000 minimum to be profitable. Unless this is something else?

[QUOTE="tjricardo089"]

Another WoW killer bites the dust.

Jabby250

Haha, no. WoW is though, if anything.

Whatever makes you feel better though. :)

How many people does it have now? I saw some sales chart with very declining sales numers, and there are also tons of people saying they would unsubscribe, etc etc. Also, all the negativity it was getting, overexaggerated or not, hillarious or not, it did it's part.

Anyway, do we have any numbers on the active subs now?

QQabitmoar

what if EA shuts Old Republic down in less then a year? What kind of message would that send to everyone else in trying to get into MMO games?Jd1680a

That dephends on the dev

Some might be discouraged from making mmos.
Others, will be discouraged from making WoW clones and will instead focus on making innovative mmos. And bring a fresh breath to the themepark mmo genre.

In any case, I hope SWTOR does not close down, would be sad that so many people lost their jobs.

[QUOTE="captalchol"]A month or 2 after release before everyone's free month is up and they're only at 2 million subs this game is in trouble already. Glad to stay away from the hype.wis3boi

And keep in mind they still have to make up losses for the huge amount of money EA hurled at its development, license and marketing.skrat_01

Yeah, its one million to keep the game running, its going to take a lot more tomake up fortheir sunk costs.

Still laughing at everyone who said that it would be the actual WoW killer, "once and for all!" :lol:CaptainAhab13

[QUOTE="Mazoch"]I believe that the actual situation is that: - No one outside EA/BioWare knows how many copies have been sold. - No one outside EA/BioWare knows how many people converted to subscribers after the first month. - No one outside EA/BioWare knows how many subscribers they need to break even. - No one outside EA/BioWare knows how many subscribers for how long, to break even with the development costs. FelipeInside

Meh game is incredibly boring. I for sure am not paying $15 a month to be put to sleep. millerlight89

[QUOTE="Mazoch"]I believe that the actual situation is that: - No one outside EA/BioWare knows how many copies have been sold. - No one outside EA/BioWare knows how many people converted to subscribers after the first month. - No one outside EA/BioWare knows how many subscribers they need to break even. - No one outside EA/BioWare knows how many subscribers for how long, to break even with the development costs. FelipeInside

I'm not sure I understand your point. I'm sure that EA knows the number of subscribers, the number of active players and I'm sure they've done plenty of market studies. My point is that WE don't have access to that information.

There's so many numbers being thrown around, but at the end of the day they are all really just random guesses without factual data from EA/BioWare.

Some interesting notes on the article it self

[QUOTE="LA Times"]

Art has been outsourced to Russia, Estonia and China. Motion capture filming is done in L.A. and Vancouver, Canada, with voices recorded in New York, London and Paris in English, French and German. Quality assurance testing takes place in Romania, Argentina and India, while technical operations are run out of Virginia and the customer service center operates in Ireland.

Led_poison

Still baffled by the $200 million dollar cost and yet they still cut corners on the engine. As evidenced by the http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=233714

[QUOTE="Jabby250"]

[QUOTE="tjricardo089"]

Another WoW killer bites the dust.

DanielDust

Haha, no. WoW is though, if anything.

Whatever makes you feel better though. :)

WoW's numbers have been declining. I don't really believe WoW's dying, but that it's going to get a bit more competition in the future with the release of other MMOs. More than it did previously, at least.

[QUOTE="CaptainAhab13"]Still laughing at everyone who said that it would be the actual WoW killer, "once and for all!" :lol:wis3boi

[QUOTE="wis3boi"][QUOTE="CaptainAhab13"]Still laughing at everyone who said that it would be the actual WoW killer, "once and for all!" :lol:gunmaster55555

How long before it goes F2P then :P

How long before it goes F2P then :P

D1zzyCriminal

[QUOTE="D1zzyCriminal"]

How long before it goes F2P then :P

wis3boi

10 months after your post.

bored?

The article is gone...was it legit?

I find it hard to believe that they kept the game up and running for over a year as a lose.

The article is gone...was it legit?

I find it hard to believe that they kept the game up and running for over a year as a lose.

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