http://www.marketwatch.com/story/electronic-arts-reports-q3-fy12-financial-results-2012-02-01

Not too shabby. I'm still not resubbing until this game has grown quite a bit.  Will be interesting to see if they can keep this number or grow it over the next year.

Not bad a month and a half in.

double WAR's peak, so about twice as long to hit bottom.

/yawn

good, that means it's successful. Hopefully GW2 doesn't decimate the SWTOR population because people want to play a real mmo!

I'm kidding. Glad to see it's going well.

1.7 active as of 12/31/11

Damn OP beats me to it. I know someone will post it and we will see different spin on the number to make it look like

1. EA is lying

2. Game is still failing bad

Hurry up guys...time to chew the report up :)

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Official market watch and financial reports by EA are lies.... This game is dying and everyone knows it.  All you need to read is the xfire numbers.  I get my info from xfire.. not these "official" market reports.   

The writer of the article is obviously on the take.....and if anyong doesn't think so, you're naive to say the least.

Originally posted by Ausare

1.7 active as of 12/31/11

Ah, so this is really just the initial rush, not what the totals are currently (which I suspect have dropped)

Originally posted by Ausare

1.7 active as of 12/31/11

Err...L2R ....all I have to say

this is Q4 2011 AKA the initial rush. this is not how many people are subscribed right now.

Originally posted by Ausare

1.7 active as of 12/31/11

The same issue was brought up in the official forums... One of the people who replied actually posts market trends and quarterly reports for a living.  He said, when the word "current" or "currently" is used in an article, it means just that... RIGHT NOW.

The report references the actual number of sales, but the active subscriptions are current (as of 2/1/12).  I dont' know if it's true, it it's at least one counter to your argument.

Originally posted by Ausare

1.7 active as of 12/31/11

Incorrect.  That is for the end of their fiscal year's 3rd quarter, which ended yesterday.

There are 1.7 million subs right now. 

Edit: Nope I'm incorrect.  the fiscal quarter ended in december.....carry on   lol

Originally posted by Kyleran

Originally posted by Ausare

1.7 active as of 12/31/11

Ah, so this is really just the initial rush, not what the totals are currently (which I suspect have dropped)

No. The quarter report ended at 12/31/11

The current active sub number ( as of 2/1/12 ) is 1.7.

It will probably drop more after the next billing cycle. 1.7 is people who subbed after free 30 days. Either by 60 days game card or credit cards.

Originally posted by fony

this is Q4 2011 AKA the initial rush. this is not how many people are subscribed right now.

Wrong.

This is Q3 of their Fiscal Year which ended yesterday.  

Edit, nope i'm wrong. lol.  ended 12/31/11  

Originally posted by zakiyawow

Damn OP beats me to it. I know someone will post it and we will see different spin on the number to make it look like

1. EA is lying

2. Game is still failing bad

Hurry up guys...time to chew the report up :)

  Of course!  Because we all know that publically traded companies can define what 'subscriber' means to them, and then lie about it with impunity!.  However don't be too disappointed, the regular chicken littles will be in here screaming soon enough!

Quarterly finacial reports can only show information for the quarters they are reporting.  Current info is report in a prospectus report.  Otherwise you get a black mark against you in the markets for mixing information from quarters.  All that information is from the end of 2011.

So many? That's a bummer because when TSW or GW2 comes out giving me an excuse to rage-quite with a dramatic open farewell letter to BioWare on mmorpg.com they won't even take notice:( 

Originally posted by ZizouX

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Official market watch and financial reports by EA are lies.... This game is dying and everyone knows it.  All you need to read is the xfire numbers.  I get my info from xfire.. not these "official" market reports.   

 

The write of the article is obviously on the take.....and if anyong doesn't think so, you're naive to say the least.

I sincerely hope you're joking.

This isn't some marketing ploy or a press release.  This is a public earnings statement being made to the investors, has been through auditors, and is reviewed by the SEC.  These numbers are real.

Also, to the person who said the numbers for SW:TOR were through the end of December, no, re-read the article... it says those numbers are through "a little over one month"... meaning since the game launched at the end of December, those numbers are reflective of their subs at the end of January (i.e. yesterday).