Just to remind you guys

when wow came out first day it was 400,000 

swtor= 1,000,000+ subs first day

just putting it out there. See the difference?

oh and o course bioware knwos how many subs they will have because you have to have a subscription to play. Its no 1,000,000+ forum registered accounts mind you. 

:)

In before people rightfully respond with "wait until the free month is over" or "wait until a few months from now".

We can't cheer quite yet :)

This is so fucking retarded.

Just think about the context. When WoW came out, MMOs weren't as famous as today. Warcraft's Lore has never been as famous as SW's Lore. I could go on all night.

Lucas could write his name on his poop and it would get millions of subs on first day.

Just watch as time goes by, the hype will fall and the subs as well.

Thank you StarWars001 for bringing us the unbiased facts. -.-

Wait a moment, you have to subscribe to play the game even if you have the 30 free days...

Well WOW changed everyting, and now expectations are very different, since much more people are playing MMOs, which also are much more expensive to make.

Seems SWTOR is not going to change anything, despite Bioware claims.

Just wait on the EA shareholder report, then you can probably give numbers to the success.

Most mmo companies lay off developers after launching - any ideas if EA will do so again?

They said they wouldn't. They said... Will they? IMO Yes. They're now on their "super-hype" wave. But when it'll all fade away, and starts getting less money : the context will change hehe.

How many of these 1mio 1st day subs did players cancel right away, as people technically had to sub to get their 30 free days?

Shure Bioware would count these "subscription for 3 minutes" as subs. But then, all i read was them stating "1mio registered users" in that recent launch interview.

Originally posted by VoIgore

How many of these 1mio 1st day subs did players cancel right away, as people technically had to sub to get their 30 free days?

Shure Bioware would count these "subscription for 3 minutes" as subs. But then, all i read was them stating "1mio registered users" in that recent launch interview.

Technically beta accounts would count towards "registered users". So, there might be some that didn't even buy the game.

If we accept the number from the VGA-charts website, SWTOR was / is a huge financial success for EA/BW.

Whether it is a game that'll appeal to everyone is another story.

It appeals to me but everyone's taste in games are different.

one side of me wants to point out that AoC had a million the first week also, but the other side knows I am just waiting till summer and I will be buying and playing it too.

It was anticipated that they would have at least 1 million that was the base line most were expecting. 1 to 1.5 million.

Will all see in 6 months if they made a MMO with an end game that keeps subs or it is yet another in the long list recent MMO's that start off with big numbers only to lose a significant amount within 6 months of release. Personally I think they spent to much time and resources on things that are more novelty than anything else. Novelty does not keep subs. 

Originally posted by Antemortem

This is so fucking retarded.

Just think about the context. When WoW came out, MMOs weren't as famous as today. Warcraft's Lore has never been as famous as SW's Lore. I could go on all night.

Lucas could write his name on his poop and it would get millions of subs on first day.

Just watch as time goes by, the hype will fall and the subs as well.

Originally posted by Cthulhu23

Originally posted by Antemortem

This is so fucking retarded.

Just think about the context. When WoW came out, MMOs weren't as famous as today. Warcraft's Lore has never been as famous as SW's Lore. I could go on all night.

Lucas could write his name on his poop and it would get millions of subs on first day.

Just watch as time goes by, the hype will fall and the subs as well.

I wouldn't be mad if I was her since the same type of post happened in Warhammer's forum,Lotro's,AoC, and more. Least that I've witness.

Also ha ha that GIF pic is funny

Originally posted by RizelStar

Originally posted by Cthulhu23

Originally posted by Antemortem

This is so fucking retarded.

Just think about the context. When WoW came out, MMOs weren't as famous as today. Warcraft's Lore has never been as famous as SW's Lore. I could go on all night.

Lucas could write his name on his poop and it would get millions of subs on first day.

Just watch as time goes by, the hype will fall and the subs as well.

 

I wouldn't be mad if I was her since the same type of post happened in Warhammer's forum,Lotro's,AoC, and more. Least that I've witness.

Let's not forget Aion, which is still technically a successful game. Just not to us. =P

Originally posted by RizelStar

I wouldn't be mad if I was her since the same type of post happened in Warhammer's forum,Lotro's,AoC, and more. Least that I've witness.

 

Also ha ha that GIF pic is funny

Because having similar posts in other games' forums is a sure sign that this game is going to suffer the same fate, no matter how much better it is, amirite?

Originally posted by Sector13

Originally posted by RizelStar

Originally posted by Cthulhu23

Originally posted by Antemortem

This is so fucking retarded.

Just think about the context. When WoW came out, MMOs weren't as famous as today. Warcraft's Lore has never been as famous as SW's Lore. I could go on all night.

Lucas could write his name on his poop and it would get millions of subs on first day.

Just watch as time goes by, the hype will fall and the subs as well.

 

I wouldn't be mad if I was her since the same type of post happened in Warhammer's forum,Lotro's,AoC, and more. Least that I've witness.

Let's not forget Aion, which is still technically a successful game. Just not to us. =P

Ha haha.

Originally posted by Sector13

Originally posted by RizelStar

Originally posted by Cthulhu23

 

 

I wouldn't be mad if I was her since the same type of post happened in Warhammer's forum,Lotro's,AoC, and more. Least that I've witness.

Let's not forget Aion, which is still technically a successful game. Just not to us. =P

For the brief scan I did on NCSOFT's financial stuff, they look pretty good.

There was an 'adjustment' that happened a few months ago on their share price, but other than that it looked solid and the price reflects what it should be.

I wouldn't worry about Aion at all as it is a really solid revenue stream for NCSOFT.

Originally posted by jpnz

Originally posted by Sector13

Originally posted by RizelStar

Originally posted by Cthulhu23

 

 

I wouldn't be mad if I was her since the same type of post happened in Warhammer's forum,Lotro's,AoC, and more. Least that I've witness.

Let's not forget Aion, which is still technically a successful game. Just not to us. =P

For the brief scan I did on NCSOFT's financial stuff, they look pretty good.

There was an 'adjustment' that happened a few months ago on their share price, but other than that it looked solid and the price reflects what it should be.

I wouldn't worry about Aion at all as it is a really solid revenue stream for NCSOFT.

3 million to 3.5 million subs sounds solid to me (from what I read on other sources). Them going F2P in EU and possibly NA would increase their revenue even more.