Originally posted by CoffeeGrunt

I think Bioware was working on this way before they officialy announced it , and due the professionalism of Bioware as developers  it could be even a release this year.

Anyway imo devs shouldnt announce titles and let then players waiting around on hot coals for years (plenty examples out there)

Announce title and go beta within 6 month ..or shut ur trap :)

Yea that is confirmed, the game was in development for atleast 3-4 years prior to the announcement.

Originally posted by tillamook

 

Anyone  think the game is basically finished now? maybe?

They've been talking about an 09 launch date for years. Actually Nancy MacIntyre (before she left Lucas Arts) said waaay back in 05 that if they were to make another Star Wars MMO, it wouldn't been seen till around 2009. Also they hinted at many times over the years that they wanted to grow the KOTOR franchise

http://www.gamedaily.com/games/knigh...ame-main/list/ 09 launch date

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/starw...ml?sid=6172473

http://kotaku.com/gaming/kotor,-plea...ish-268284.php

http://www.shacknews.com/reviews/game.x/6462#graph1

Bioware brings a working copy to Mythic

"Gordon Walton, co-studio director, BioWare Austin: We announced the game around March, but we'd really started on it in the beginning of December 2005." http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3155486

Quote:

"During our play tests, we've actually had guys come in who are openly hostile to stories in MMOs, and they come out and give us perfect scores. They didn't even expect that that was possible in an MMO. "

http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47138

Also for those of you who don't know, about 4 months ago Amazon.com accidentally posted a pre-order page for TOR with a 09 release date before it was even announced, it was taken down within a day lol.

Interview on GS, it was playable back in 07.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/drago...=1&sid=6180866

Quote:

GS: Now one of the main reasons EA gave for acquiring BioWare/Pandemic was the upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game you're developing in Austin. After listening to John's comments in the conference call, one walks away with the impression that said MMORPG is a wholly owned IP of BioWare--and therefore EA. Is that correct? RM: We haven't revealed any details about the game. It's super secret right now. It's got all the characters and story arc that BioWare is known for, and I wish I could say more. It's the best of breed of MMO, with the magic BioWare's associated with, and our goal is to make sure people can't stop playing it. GS: Right, but judging by John's enthusiasm, it sounds pretty safe to say the MMO is an all-original IP. Would that be fair to say? RM: [Long pause] We haven't revealed any details about the game. It's super secret right now. It's-- GS: OK, OK, I get it. GZ: I can say one thing: It looks awesome! [Laughs.] We can say a second thing, too: It's really fun to play. We're already playing it. We were playing it just last week.

 Another article about the Hero engine you should all read.

Also it is listed at EA, >clicky< I doubt that will sit there for 2 years like that.

 

anyways The game is back up on Amazon.com again, though as usual amazon has the date way out. 01/01/10 not even a Tuesday BTW. Another site has it for 1/1/2010, but then I found another site that has it set for October 09.

then go here (UPC database) and hit the "Click here to see if there are any other items on file with the same prefix. " button. Takes you to LEC titles.

Another one set at Nov1st
This one says Oct 20th and provides this mock up.

 

It would be stupid to launch the game before the first week in December due to the Christmas sales.

If they get done in October they can just spend the time squashing bugs and adding content.

Originally posted by Jefferson81 

It would be stupid to launch the game before the first week in December due to the Christmas sales.

If they get done in October they can just spend the time squashing bugs and adding content.

 

Gonna go ahead and ask why it would be stupid before December? This is an MMO. The sooner it gets out there the sooner it can start making its bread and butter subscription money. Anyone that was going to get it for Xmas can still do so at Xmas. Not to mention that it gives them time to have populations settled and servers stable before the supposed Xmas rush.

I never understood the whole Xmas game release crap. If I want a game I buy it whenever it comes out be it Xmas or the 4th of July. The Xmas rush is good for kids games or franchise games since it is mostly parents shopping and they go based on what their kids are into. However for a BIG name release, like SWTOR, it won't matter. Just like WAR, SWTOR could have EASILY 800k+ buying the game in september. In fact a good word of mouth would only increase Xmas sales.

I am alittle worried about Dragon Age and Mass Effect 2 affecting the release of SWtor. Dragon Age has a estimated release date of Nov 3, 2009 and Mass Effect Q1 2010. yes these are not set in stone but it may put SWTor deep into 2010. Sure hope not.

Originally posted by Distaste

Originally posted by Jefferson81 

It would be stupid to launch the game before the first week in December due to the Christmas sales.

If they get done in October they can just spend the time squashing bugs and adding content.

 

 

Gonna go ahead and ask why it would be stupid before December? This is an MMO. The sooner it gets out there the sooner it can start making its bread and butter subscription money. Anyone that was going to get it for Xmas can still do so at Xmas. Not to mention that it gives them time to have populations settled and servers stable before the supposed Xmas rush.

I never understood the whole Xmas game release crap. If I want a game I buy it whenever it comes out be it Xmas or the 4th of July. The Xmas rush is good for kids games or franchise games since it is mostly parents shopping and they go based on what their kids are into. However for a BIG name release, like SWTOR, it won't matter. Just like WAR, SWTOR could have EASILY 800k+ buying the game in september. In fact a good word of mouth would only increase Xmas sales.

Because people gets their Christmas bonus and that makes them spend money on luxuary items like computer and video games.

You are probably single or in a relationship without children so you wouldn't understand.

Originally posted by Cody1174

I am alittle worried about Dragon Age and Mass Effect 2 affecting the release of SWtor. Dragon Age has a estimated release date of Nov 3, 2009 and Mass Effect Q1 2010. yes these are not set in stone but it may put SWTor deep into 2010. Sure hope not.

I don't see any issues with DA or ME2 being released close to SWtOR.  It would be a mistake if they released them in the same months, but I do not see any issues with them being released during the same quarter.  They could hype one game a month for an entire quarter which I see as being ideal for BioWare.

I'm sure they've thought about all this too, even though this is a new issue for BioWare to be involved in, they are very smart business people as well as execlent game developers.