I love these points, because they are wrong. Hideously, horribly wrong.
WoW is the leading competitor in the mmo market. This means that all new mmo's will get compared to it regardless. It also does not matter what WoW was like when it launched. This is because it is not 2004 and hasn't been for a while.
It is 2012 ladies and gentlemen. So we get to compare Star Wars circa 2012 to WoW circa 2012. It doesn't matter that WoW had a crappier launch, or classic was better, or any other past bullcrap you all can come up with.
All that matters is the present. Right now. Today.