But the REAL question is what is the usual procedure for using all the money they get from preorders? I guess it just goes towards EA's earnings for the fiscal year? And the SWTOR team might get to hang on to a few more teams and staff after it goes live? Expansion plans can be a bit more elaborate since they know it's going to sell?

 http://i.imgur.com/R3OK8.jpg  LMAO

Originally posted by xmenty

 http://i.imgur.com/R3OK8.jpg  LMAO

That's soooooooooo screwed up. Hope that dude doesn't end up homeless on the street just for a pre-order lol. I got mine from Amazon, which was only $1 preorder and the rest is charged when the game actually ships.

Originally posted by xmenty

 http://i.imgur.com/R3OK8.jpg  LMAO

 ouch, hope he gets them fixed.

Originally posted by Furor

Originally posted by xmenty

 http://i.imgur.com/R3OK8.jpg  LMAO

 ouch, hope he gets them fixed.

Yeah, I saw them mention they would charge the account for the full amount in some cases and return it to what the preorder cost was.

Originally posted by xmenty

 http://i.imgur.com/R3OK8.jpg  LMAO

hahaha BRUTAL!  lesson learned in reading the fine print!

Originally posted by Swanea

Originally posted by Furor

Originally posted by xmenty

 http://i.imgur.com/R3OK8.jpg  LMAO

 ouch, hope he gets them fixed.

Yeah, I saw them mention they would charge the account for the full amount in some cases and return it to what the preorder cost was.

Yeah, they charged my debit card the full price then refunded all but the 5.00 preorder charge. I didn't have to call them over it or anything like that. It was all done the same day without any need for me to get involved.

Originally posted by BarakIII

Originally posted by Swanea

Originally posted by Furor

Originally posted by xmenty

 http://i.imgur.com/R3OK8.jpg  LMAO

 ouch, hope he gets them fixed.

Yeah, I saw them mention they would charge the account for the full amount in some cases and return it to what the preorder cost was.

Yeah, they charged my debit card the full price then refunded all but the 5.00 preorder charge. I didn't have to call them over it or anything like that. It was all done the same day without any need for me to get involved.

Same here i got charged 62.99 $ on my master card from origin and then i got a 56$ refund in like a day or so

Lol, you can tell some haters have voted ... 1k-50k has some votes, lol.

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Originally posted by Siveria
Can you install and run SWToR without needing a stupid ass thing like Steam?{mod edit} 

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Sweeping Generalization and Insult Alert

They already stated that there is more than 1 million CE and they are sold out. So yeah I mean 1 million CE, I can't imagine the regular edition sales.

*weeps* This game looks so horribad to an originals style SW fan.

Have they announced a release-date or when the prestart begins?

Originally posted by Siveria

Can you install and run SWToR without needing a stupid ass thing like Steam?  {mod edit}

I'll answer this in red, rest is just bleh and throwing insults around so i'll leave it be.

The red though that i'll answer with both my words and devs

They have stated that you could install the game, run the patcher and play the game without ever touching origins. Origins is just a download port to download the game like say D2D is, you load it up, order the game, download the patcher, close origins and start up the patcher and nevere touch origins again.  Or you can just bypass all that and buy it from amazon or a brick and morter store and install it from the CD.

Dev post on the subject (edit: found a better one):

No, you won't.

While Origin will be the exclusive digital retailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic (in other words, if you want to buy it online and download it, you’ll do so through Origin) that does not mean that Origin is required for you to access or play The Old Republic.

Origin is a digital storefront, and the desktop application is there to give you quick access to Origin exclusives and deals.

However, you won’t need to launch the Origin application to run The Old Republic, nor will you patch the game via Origin. Once the game is on your hard disk, you’ll be connecting to our servers to patch and launch the game, and Origin does not have to be running to do that.

To answer another question - boxed versions of the game will include the client on DVD(s).

more than 10. write it down, you'll see!!

Actually if u pre order from a brick and mortar store they are gonna give details on how those people can download the game for early acess. So u wont even have to use cd to install game as early acess means u will have it already.

so if u dont wanna use origin u dont have to.

Originally posted by Cailieg I myself ordered 6 collector's editions

Must really be banking on their resale value 3-4 years down the road aye?

Right now with no launch date only those more "hardcore" will preorder. Once the date is set, there will be a bunch more preorders (same effect occurs with FPS). So until a date is set, I predict around 700,000 or so. 

http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/07/26/ea-proclaims-swtor-preorder-breaks-records/

Looks like my poll ended up being crap.

Should kept going after a mil.  I just honestly didn't anticipate THAT many people preordering so soon!

What, no "Who gives a shit, Pre-Orders are completely irreleveant" option? =)

Originally posted by nolf

http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/07/26/ea-proclaims-swtor-preorder-breaks-records/

 

Looks like my poll ended up being crap.

 

Should kept going after a mil.  I just honestly didn't anticipate THAT many people preordering so soon!

So what are the estimated number of pre-orders? I don't see any numbers anywhere.

3 mil? 4?