You're including development time. If thats the case WoW has been out for 12 years since the project started development in 2000. WoW has more than double the amount of time.

from one of your articles it clearly states "Unfortunately, the precise cost won't be known unless EA decides to release the game's official budget and how much was spent on development, which seems unlikely.". The rest of both articles are merely SPECULATION. I find your lack or reading comprehension disturbing...

Depends really. If special effects and big battles aren't a problem for you and you love story to move in one direction, watch them in order from ep 1 to 6. However, if special effects are a problem and you dont care about going in order than 4-6 first then 1-3. I liked to watch them 1 to 6 but my brother did that with me and didn't like it because after all the big cool battles in 1-3, 4-6 felt weird special effects taken into account. Plus the battles weren't that great to be honest. All in all the danger stems from going from the 2005 Ep. 3 RotS to the 1977 Ep.4 A New Hope. There is a giant gap in fighting scenes and special effect quality that Ep. 3 does well and story which Ep.4 does well. So In my opinion a true star wars fan watches them 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 because it emphasizes story above all else. Watching it in reverse order emphasizes special effect quality and action scenes.

Not sure what to say about this but it seems awesome. Maybe Burger King or McD will do something like this. CHOOSE YOUR BUN! I wasn't sure where else to post this.

^100% this!

You should have taken your time instead of powerleveling. Run a different class. I have 3 characters. Level 33, 23, and 10. I also got access at 7AM on the 13th and played with a week off from work. If you're 50 already you either space bar'd through everything, or played day and night nonstop on 1 character and never explored/traded/goof'd off/did world bosses/heroic quests/etc (aka quest hubs were all you did). go try soloing a world boss then. That sounds kinda fun. or roll an alt.

The problem here is that there aren't many people in the higher level planets yet AND, at the same time, the higher level planets are huge. The combination of a low population of higher levels with huge planets makes high level planets feel like dead zones. its just logic. Stop leveling so much and let people catch up. Roll at least 1 alt. Give the game a month or 2 so the higher level planets can become more popular.