JediMasterShake Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 From this article with James Ohlen: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-01-12-bioware-swtor-post-mortem-its-more-innovative-than-an-fps The people who are playing the game, the reception we're getting right now - the desire to resubscribe is exceptionally high, higher than we thought it would be. We thought it was going to be high, but it's very very good. So we're quite pleased. So....is he referring to all of the people who didn't immediately cancel their subscription once they gave bioware their payment information? Wasn't that part of setting up your account? Where could he possibly be pulling these numbers from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tradieus Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Mr. Ohlen I'm noticing has got Peter Molyneux syndrome. In that he hypes and says things sometimes, I feel, without stopping for a moment to actively think before he speaks. He's been doing a lot of interviews and in more than a couple I have shook my head a few times. Not saying people are not continuing with their second month subscription payments. Yet, I think it is too early to actually talk about people continuing until at least the 20th or later as that is when the majority of people, I'm guessing, actually started their free month and thus going into later days of January before payments are processed. Still plenty of time for the cancellations and what not, who knows what could happen between now and the payment date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hingster Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 all hype and their will be alot of people forgetting they had to have a subscription set up and will auto matically get billed. oh somepeople will be mad too that they will get caught for the extra month because they forgot to cancel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaick Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) People who post the "I canceled and here's why" threads make up less then 10% of the player base. IF EVEN. Edited January 13, 2012 by Jaick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcalusine Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 ... or maybe people really are playing, loving and buying more time for the game? I am.. I did... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khirra Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 It's really hard to say on this.Ohlen could be looking at initial response the first week or so and just now giving a public response.It also could be from the last week,who know's? Different ways to look at it.Let's say they expected 1.4 mill sales during holidays and 900k to sub the 2nd month.Let's say they actually had 1.9 mill sales and 1 mill to sub 2nd month. I'm not saying this is how it is going,I'm just showing a possibility that could at the same time get this response from Ohlen,that's all.Many ways it can be perceived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyvortex Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 By month 6 they will have merged servers.By month 12, the game will be free to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bantros Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Surely it would be more believable after the renewal date has passed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixxpixx Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 By month 6 they will have merged servers. By month 12, the game will be free to play. By day 6 you'll be bored. By day 12 you will resubscribe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hingster Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 By month 6 they will have merged servers. By month 12, the game will be free to play. yup you can see the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selaik Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 all hype and their will be alot of people forgetting they had to have a subscription set up and will auto matically get billed. oh somepeople will be mad too that they will get caught for the extra month because they forgot to cancel lol funny man , yea thats the ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hingster Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 yup you can see the future but i seen the future first when someone in EU was 50 before EGA was over so ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiskyJax Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 By month 6 they will have merged servers. By month 12, the game will be free to play. People do realize that without subs the changes the players want will be harder to implement do to cost cutting due to low subs ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WretchedTundra Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 all hype and their will be alot of people forgetting they had to have a subscription set up and will auto matically get billed. oh somepeople will be mad too that they will get caught for the extra month because they forgot to cancel haha I've done that. I forgot once that I still had my subscription for EQ II going for over a year! I tend to forget small details that are relatively unimportant to me though. I enjoyed EQ II enough to be alright with forking over so much cash to them. After that though, I built up a very good habit of checking my purchases on my card at least weekly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biaNok Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 By day 6 you'll be bored. By day 12 you will resubscribe. current = League of legends,starcraft2,WoW, CoD, blazblu. upcoming = d3, cs:go, everytime 2 weeks new champs on LoL Nah people won't get bored plenty of other engaging fun games to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemrodh Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 By month 6 they will have merged servers. By month 12, the game will be free to play. I doubt the FTP, but yes. 6months for server merge. 1 year till NGE. Honestly I like the game. but its nothing special, and there are many issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarka Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) Surely it would be more believable after the renewal date has passed? Lol. Agreed. They cannot possibly make such an assessment right now. Furthermore, James statements are only believable after a few months have passed. Until then, his words cannot possibly have any shred of credibility. Subscribing for one month after launch is hardly anything "to write home about". James, if the game has a VERY decent sub level 6 months after launch as it did AT launch, then your words will be more believable. Edited January 13, 2012 by Tarka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
United_Strafes Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 current = League of legends,starcraft2,WoW, CoD, blazblu. upcoming = d3, cs:go, everytime 2 weeks new champs on LoL Nah people won't get bored plenty of other engaging fun games to play. Ya ME3, Hawken, Mechwarrior, Borderlands 2. If they don't fix thier game I won't miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemrodh Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Dont forget about guild wars 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixxpixx Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 blazblu. Rofl, poor child. You had trouble even coming up with 5 things. See you in 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hingster Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 rt know if and only they were going to work nightr and day on most important stuff that needs to be fixed with game they are running out of time because of new games comming out so the community is sure to peak then drop and nothing you ar i can do. the way i see it is they are going to say whatever they can to get people to subscribe and say they are fixing the game untill they are outa this financial mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittypryde Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Dont forget about guild wars 2. Yeah, because that's releasing when exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biaNok Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Rofl, poor child. You had trouble even coming up with 5 things. See you in 2 weeks. LOL pixxpixx don't hate on blazblu, my noel and tao are beastmode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanscholo Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Or maybe everything he says is true and the naysayers are in fact a noisy minority as many of us suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbmmmlll Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Yeah, because that's releasing when exactly? When it's ready. Unlike a lot of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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