The most recent EA quarterly earnings announcement indicated that SWTOR lost over 400,000 subscriptions. EA essentially claimed these were casual gamers just passing through. I think that may be a little disingenuous. I posted a little while back in a thread here regarding the announcement of Elder Scrolls Online, and having just seen this post, I felt I'd add it here to this topic as it pertains to Mac and SWTOR: "The Elder Scrolls Online announcement included one important feature that will almost certainly ensure my purchase of the game and, perhaps, a continued subscription (if it turns out to be at least as enjoyable as SWTOR). ESO will have a Mac native client. SWTOR lost my subscription dollars because of their lack of a Mac client. After playing both Republic and Imperial side to 50th level, I had enjoyed the primary elements of what I wanted to get out of SWTOR, and have moved on. No lingering around like I did with WoW (because it was Mac native, and so seductively easy to log on, and still have access to everything else on the Mac side of my computer) I installed Windows on my Mac just to play SWTOR. But being able to bootcamp into Windows and play PC games opened up and made available all the PC games from the past that I had never had a chance to play. So many are so cheap now, with many of the MMOs often being free, it made no sense to continue to stick around in SWTOR paying a subscription fee waiting for new content, when I could play all sorts of other games. So I left., and have been playing other titles for the last couple of months. I wish SWTOR had a native Mac client, I'd probably still be playing (and thus paying) simply because I'd have access to everything I have on the Mac side, but having to boot into Windows to play a game I might as well play everything I can get my hands on rather than sticking to just one game. If Elder Scrolls Online does release for Mac in the end, I'll be there. And if it's at least as engaging as SWTOR or WoW, I'll be sticking around, and ESO will most likely collect a subscription fee from me. I won't mind paying them either, kind of a mutually beneficial situation. They get my money for supporting gaming on the Mac. I can play a game in Mac OS and have access to the Mac OS side of my computer. I know I 'm not a unique snowflake here with regards to the Mac client issue. I game with three friends who are in the exact same situation as me. Right now we're eating through AoC and LOTRO together, next it'll be Diablo (which we can play Mac-side), then GW2, and one day hopefully off to ESO. SWTOR is a great game, we had a blast playing it, and felt the cost of the game, and subscription fee for the time we were there were worth it. We'll miss it, but it won't hurt, we'll just be left thinking, "Too bad, so sad." And who knows, if SWTOR goes Mac native, maybe we'll be back. But I think the train has left the station on that one. I'm just glad the door didn't hit me on the way out. And besides, it looks like ESO has placed a light at the end of the tunnel. Mac gamers can rejoice!" Sorry for the wall of text, I just hope EA/BioWare is aware of why they're losing some subscriptions. Personally, I know of four. That's $60/month less going toward continued development of SWTOR. How many others, and at what cost?

The Elder Scrolls Online announcement included one important feature that will almost certainly ensure my purchase of the game and, perhaps, a continued subscription (if it turns out to be at least as enjoyable as SWTOR). ESO will have a Mac native client. SWTOR lost my subscription dollars because of their lack of a Mac client. After playing both Republic and Imperial side to 50th level, I had enjoyed the primary elements of what I wanted to get out of SWTOR, and have moved on. No lingering around like I did with WoW (because it was Mac native, and so seductively easy to log on, and still have access to everything else on the Mac side of my computer) I installed Windows on my Mac just to play SWTOR. But being able to bootcamp into Windows and play PC games opened up and made available all the PC games from the past that I had never had a chance to play. So many are so cheap now, with many of the MMOs often being free, it made no sense to continue to stick around in SWTOR paying a subscription fee waiting for new content, when I could play all sorts of other games. So I left., and have been playing other titles for the last couple of months. I wish SWTOR had a native Mac client, I'd probably still be playing (and thus paying) simply because I'd have access to everything I have on the Mac side, but having to boot into Windows to play a game I might as well play everything I can get my hands on rather than sticking to just one game. If Elder Scrolls Online does release for Mac in the end, I'll be there. And if it's at least as engaging as SWTOR or WoW, I'll be sticking around, and ESO will most likely collect a subscription fee from me. I won't mind paying them either, kind of a mutually beneficial situation. They get my money for supporting gaming on the Mac. I can play a game in Mac OS and have access to the Mac OS side of my computer. I know I 'm not a unique snowflake here with regards to the Mac client issue. I game with three friends who are in the exact same situation as me. Right now we're eating through AoC and LOTRO together, next it'll be Diablo (which we can play Mac-side), then GW2, and one day hopefully off to ESO. SWTOR is a great game, we had a blast playing it, and felt the cost of the game, and subscription fee for the time we were there were worth it. We'll miss it, but it won't hurt, we'll just be left thinking, "Too bad, so sad." And who knows, if SWTOR goes Mac native, maybe we'll be back. But I think the train has left the station on that one. I'm just glad the door didn't hit me on the way out. And besides, it looks like ESO has placed a light at the end of the tunnel. Mac gamers can rejoice!