BCBull Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 BioWare and LucasArts are excited to announce that Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ will officially launch in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore on March 1st, 2012! Fans in these regions who purchase the game will be able to experience their very own Star Wars™ saga on regional servers. Players who have already begun their journey will also have a limited-time opportunity to migrate their characters from their current servers to Asia Pacific servers after the launch on March 1st, giving them the chance to take advantage of the decreased network latency by playing on a regional server. All players who qualify for a character transfer will be notified in early March with more details. 5 million subs by the end of march? /discuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkomega Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) I don't see SWTOR being a big pull in hong kong/singapore. Edited February 14, 2012 by Jkomega Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyz Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) Wont be more than 20k from australia. Us who really wanted it ordered it on release online. Besides, new comers will just see the flaws likethe rest of us. Edited February 14, 2012 by Harleyz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamus_Divinus Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 5mil? No. 3mil? Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShonaChaos Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Cool... they release on March 1st so that anyone who got their free month will still be subscribed by march 31st so will be counted at the end of 1st quarter figures... sounds like a typical move to fudge actual subscription numbers. Pretty obvious what they're trying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSlayAlot Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) So considering they currently have about 1.7mil subs for ALL of America and ALL of Europe, you expect little ol NZ, Australia, Hong Kong (a city) and a state/city Singapore to pull in 3.3mil subs? K Edited February 14, 2012 by SirSlayAlot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSlayAlot Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) Cool... they release on March 1st so that anyone who got their free month will still be subscribed by march 31st so will be counted at the end of 1st quarter figures... sounds like a typical move to fudge actual subscription numbers. Pretty obvious what they're trying How is that fudging actual sub numbers? You either have 2mil subs, or you don't. If they peak at 3mil end of March, then they have 3mil subs. Edited February 15, 2012 by SirSlayAlot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoggyMack Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 So considering they currently have about 1.7mil subs for ALL of America and ALL of Europe, you expect little ol NZ, Australia, Hong Kong (a city) and a state/city Singapore to pull in 3.3mil subs? K Hong Kong's population is 7 million. Singapore's is 5 million. They're not tiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehira Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 What's the maintenance schedule going to be? The current maintenance times start at around 7PM in Australia, and so far there have been multiple downtimes per week. It's pointless giving us a server if the maintenance schedule is going to be the same because it will be empty within a month from disgruntled customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShonaChaos Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 How is that fudging actual sub numbers? You either have 2mil subs, or you don't. If they peak at 3mil end of March, then they have 3mil subs. keep drinking the kool-aid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSlayAlot Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 (edited) Hong Kong's population is 7 million. Singapore's is 5 million. They're not tiny. America has 313,019,553 people, Europe all up would be more. Let's say 600mil for both at a guestimate. Thats 600mil pop divided by 2mil players = 3% of US and EU playing SWTOR. HK and Sing together is 12mil + OZ 22,831,926 + NZ 4,437,900 = 39 mil people 39 divided by 3% = 1.3mil people 3.3 mil needed to make 5mil players, statically, they will only get 1.3mil Oceanic players. That's 3ish million TOTAL (current 1.7mil subs + 1.3mil Oceanic subs) players after Oceanic launch. But that doesn't even take into account how many Aussies and NZ'ers are already playing. So it will be less. Edited February 15, 2012 by SirSlayAlot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSlayAlot Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 keep drinking the kool-aid You better get on it cause you are off course sunny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premade Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 (edited) America has 313,019,553 people, Europe all up would be more. Let's say 600mil for both at a guestimate. Thats 600mil pop divided by 2mil players = 3% of US and EU playing SWTOR. HK and Sing together is 12mil + OZ 22,831,926 + NZ 4,437,900 = 39 mil people 39 divided by 3% = 1.3mil people 3.3 mil needed to make 5mil players, statically, they will get 3ish million TOTAL (current 1.7mil subs + 1.3mil Oceanic subs) players after Oceanic launch. But that doesn't even take into account how many Aussies and NZ'ers are already playing. So it will be less. Your math is way off... If 600 mil = 2 mil players, then 300 mil in oceanic = 1 mil players. Just saying. It is really 0.333% of US and Europe players playing the game right now... sooooo... 39 mil TIMES 0.333% = 130,000 players, using your logic. Weaaaak. Edited February 15, 2012 by premade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCBull Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 America has 313,019,553 people, Europe all up would be more. Let's say 600mil for both at a guestimate. Thats 600mil pop divided by 2mil players = 3% of US and EU playing SWTOR. HK and Sing together is 12mil + OZ 22,831,926 + NZ 4,437,900 = 39 mil people 39 divided by 3% = 1.3mil people 3.3 mil needed to make 5mil players, statically, they will get 3ish million TOTAL (current 1.7mil subs + 1.3mil Oceanic subs) players after Oceanic launch. But that doesn't even take into account how many Aussies and NZ'ers are already playing. So it will be less. So you are assuming that NA/EU has not grown in 3 months. I see 4 million easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSlayAlot Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Your math is way off... If 600 mil = 2 mil players, then 300 mil in oceanic = 1 mil players. Just saying. It is really 0.333% of US and Europe players playing the game right now... sooooo... 39 mil TIMES 0.333% = 130,000 players, using your logic. Weaaaak. I was way off.... still sleepy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premade Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I was way off.... still sleepy. I forgive you. <<< Is not a forum troll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapWinterz Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 If SW:TOR pull the same **** to us in Oceanic like WoW did, then you won't get much of us (Yes i'm Aussie) joining. What WoW did wrong to us: - They added Oceanic realms/servers, Yay? no. they are still in US all they have is an oceanic timestamp on it, useless, we don't want to play in 400 MS servers, barely able to play with the lag. - Down time, Don't make it at the peak time Oceanics play, which is roughly 6ish, when we are all home from work or school and unwinding, which was about the time they did the downtime last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSlayAlot Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 (edited) So you are assuming that NA/EU has not grown in 3 months. I see 4 million easy. At the current state end game is at? Hell no... It will be lucky to hold its current sub numbers considering how many people will quit after their 1st sub month (2nd playing month) ~20th Feb. Edited February 15, 2012 by SirSlayAlot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSlayAlot Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I forgive you. <<< Is not a forum troll. I was close I said 1.3mil when I should of moved the decimal over one more, to make it 0.13mil (130k) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jett-Rinn Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I look for at at least 4.5 million globally by Q4......when they launch in Korea they will be looking at WoW numbers as Korea is already going Apeshirt over it. The Caveat is if Bioware is smart enough to re-dub in the localized language and not just use subtitles. Oh and once again so much for the whole Tortanic thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSlayAlot Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Oh and once again so much for the whole Tortanic thing. Everyone is still in their 1st official sub month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoggyMack Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Everyone is still in their 1st official sub month But everyone was supposed to have quit by now. Before the first sub month. During the first free month remember? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShonaChaos Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I look for at at least 4.5 million globally by Q4......when they launch in Korea they will be looking at WoW numbers as Korea is already going Apeshirt over it. The Caveat is if Bioware is smart enough to re-dub in the localized language and not just use subtitles. Oh and once again so much for the whole Tortanic thing. The force is very strong in you sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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