Marshal_Ney Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 The game was released just around a month ago,and so farBioWare did an amazing job with this game,and surely we will seeMore contents.Congratulations guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowerslayer Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) The sales figures after the january update on vgchartz is actually 1.3 million (1,929,074) Its expected to decline since the free month is up. Doom threads should be ignored at this time since there ll be months before we can gather any useful info from sales data. http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/sales-data/31584/star-wars-the-old-republic/ Edited January 20, 2012 by Flowerslayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeramieCrowe Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Back to reality, from the Wall St Journal: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ea-falls-on-broker-concerns-about-star-wars-2012-01-19?siteid=yhoof2 or same story, different source: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/115365-EA-Share-Price-Slides-Over-Old-Republic-Concerns That only tells me that now is the time to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutharex Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Back to reality, from the Wall St Journal: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ea-falls-on-broker-concerns-about-star-wars-2012-01-19?siteid=yhoof2 or same story, different source: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/115365-EA-Share-Price-Slides-Over-Old-Republic-Concerns Weren't you trolling another thread with these ridiculous doom-and-gloom predictions that actually mean a lot less than you believe? Are you on the last minutes of your account and trying to maximise the trolling? Ah, the joy of seeing trolls falling into despair and panic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdoll Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) Weren't you trolling another thread with these ridiculous doom-and-gloom predictions that actually mean a lot less than you believe? Are you on the last minutes of your account and trying to maximise the trolling? Ah, the joy of seeing trolls falling into despair and panic! How much where brokers expecting? 20 million by 2nd week? I mean we can reach it in 5 months but damn.(users I mean). Edited January 20, 2012 by darthdoll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutharex Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 How much where brokers expecting? 20 million by 2nd week? I mean we can reach it in 5 months but damn.(users I mean). Other analyst had different previsions, even too positive. Fact is, these people usually fail 80% of their previsions about IT and game companies because they just don't undertand how they work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NirvyCN Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Back to reality, from the Wall St Journal: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ea-falls-on-broker-concerns-about-star-wars-2012-01-19?siteid=yhoof2 or same story, different source: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/115365-EA-Share-Price-Slides-Over-Old-Republic-Concerns Are you just copy pasting this on every single thread you can? and yup, now is a good time to buy stock before it rises! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhuna Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Love this game, but the success of a MMO is not measured by first month sales. Its whats happens 3 and 6 months down the road what counts. However it looks promising for SWTOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guymo Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Those analysts need to learn the true power of the force! Let's poke em with our light sabers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oobro Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 If I had a nickel for every MMO that had great initial sales and bombed after a few months due to bad retention, I'd probably have more money than Bioware. Dude...that's the second time you post that. You have some sort of issues you want to talk about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutharex Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Dude...that's the second time you post that. You have some sort of issues you want to talk about? And to be honest he wouldn't have more than a couple of bucks.... sad troll is sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oobro Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) If I had a nickel for every MMO that had great initial sales and bombed after a few months due to bad retention, I'd probably have more money than Bioware. Removed, delayed doublepost lol. Edited January 20, 2012 by Oobro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anelitt Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Dude...that's the second time you post that. You have some sort of issues you want to talk about? Thats the second time you post that, in the same thread nontheless, what is your issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubernetic Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 3 million copies by the end of January? $180 million dollars, swoosh. Not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesmode Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 The game is great. thats why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fardarter Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Gonna be 2 million disappointed people in 2 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opapanax Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Theyre upset SWTOR didnt launch with pokemon games or pandas questing with bamboo sticks on turtle shell islands. I think some (like myself) are upset for a multitude of reasons. I haven't touched WOW in over 5 yrs. I don't care about pandas doing kung-fu.. What I DO want, is gameplay that's not flawed in so many glaring places. I know this is not a PvP game persay, but it has PvP... and that PvP is kinda ****ed right now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeramieCrowe Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Gonna be 2 million disappointed people in 2 months. Let's see, I played several betas, bought the CE, played since Early Access (first day) all of which is much longer than a mere two months, and I couldn't be happier. Especially considering that this great game is only getting better and better! Oh, and did I mention? Yes, I PvP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiskyJax Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 The only things that can harm this game is Impatience MisinformationEntitlement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaInferno Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Is it a launch success? Indisputably. They sold a massive number of copies for a MMO. Will it be a financial success? Too early to tell. They will need to maintain 1.5 million subscribers or so for at least 6-9 months to pay off all the development costs and start being actually profitable. If the investors are willing to wait up to 18 months to see a profit, SWTOR could drop to as little as 750,000 subscribers and still hit that target. We'll have to see. -k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karbalkill Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Not enough open-ended game play or variety. The original Star Wars Galaxies had it pretty close (too bad it was bug ridden and incomplete), but this is just a dumbed down World of Warcraft with voice over in a Star Wars skin. Only four character classes per side?? Two of which are Jedi related. Really?? I expected soooo much more! Even el-crappo Warcraft has more to choose from! What happened to crafting? Again, even Warcrafts "yawn" crafting system is more innovative and useful! Unique story lines?? Everybody is playing the same God#$% class-story! Nothing unique about it! I was really hopeing for a Star Wars game that I could live and breathe in. Could become immersed in. Instead, I find myself spoon-fed a non-unique story in an extremely linear galaxy with cloned mechanics of an old, tired game that has already run its course. Thanks guys! /delete game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeda Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 The only things that can harm this game is Impatience-As in them releasing it for the holidays in the condition it was in Misinformation-As in the press releases Bioware has released on this game Entitlement-The casuals cover this section easily All three things are covered it looks like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeramieCrowe Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) The only things that can harm this game is Impatience Misinformation Entitlement Fortunately, the developers of this game know this only too well. Devs from UO, Warhammer, Dawn Of War, etc, are working on this game, and know only too well that the current loud minority of naysayers are to be expected. It's one thing to mention some things that are not working right in a constructive manner. But if you rant about how you won't log in for simple GCD UI inefficiencies will only garner giggles. And the GCD UI is no longer inefficient. Go ingame, talk about issues in General Chat, and you'll get a better feel of how the playerbase actually feels about this game. It's still overwhelmingly positive, and that's a good thing. Because even RIFT's general chat didn't stay this positive this long. Again, well done for a great game BioWare. With your metrics, and your response time to real issues, this game has already proven to be a great game overall for the foreseeable future. Yes, there are still bugs, and yes, you will work to fix them, and yes, it will take time. That much is quite inevitable. Expected, even. Keep it up! Edited February 9, 2012 by JeramieCrowe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeda Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Is it a launch success? Indisputably. They sold a massive number of copies for a MMO. Will it be a financial success? Too early to tell. They will need to maintain 1.5 million subscribers or so for at least 6-9 months to pay off all the development costs and start being actually profitable. If the investors are willing to wait up to 18 months to see a profit, SWTOR could drop to as little as 750,000 subscribers and still hit that target. We'll have to see. -k Do you know the difference between an investment and a loan? What you are describing is a loan. I dont believe the investors get 1 cent from any money SWTOR makes directly. Thats what the stocks are for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExBrillig Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Too early to tell. They will need to maintain 1.5 million subscribers or so for at least 6-9 months to pay off all the development costs and start being actually profitable. They said they need 500,000 for profitability. I take their word over your random guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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