Jett-Rinn Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 First of several I think http://torwars.com/2011/12/23/ding-1-million-subscriptions-reached-for-swtor/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhonen Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Wow, one million already? And they're already discussing new content? Great going BioWare, can't wait to see that number grow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teambff Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 cool! congrats to bioware and everyone who worked on the game, especially the voice actors... and ESPECIALLY lacey chabert!!! it's all cuz of lacey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabster Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) Wow, one million already? There were that many pre-orders, so everyone knew it already. Most people figure it's around 1.5 million people. But that doesn't matter - only how many stay in 6 months. Before the 20th, my server had 4 50's (that I saw at one point...) EDIT: Actually, the funny thing is - the fanbois were bragging about there being 3-4 million preorders cuz "vgchartz doesn't include europe or digital" (which it did...) Edited December 23, 2011 by Sabster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wager Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Saw that on the Twitter feed earlier. Makes me nervous that they're aiming for about 5000 total (not concurrent) players per server, but I'll worry about it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xianpu Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Happy to be one of that million! "We’re very appreciative of your support and we look forward to surprising and delighting you throughout the journey ahead. To that end, we plan on letting you know soon about some cool upcoming content planned over the next few months." Can't WAIT to see what's in store for this game in the future, very excited indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDCowboy Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 That seems really low. They had 1mil US, brick and mortar only, preorders. Unless post-christmas is going to see an explosive jump, 1mil seems really low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scritti Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 This is a HUGE number considering they haven't touched the Asian market yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabster Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 That seems really low. They had 1mil US, brick and mortar only, preorders. Unless post-christmas is going to see an explosive jump, 1mil seems really low. No, people that were so insistent that VGChartz didn't include 'europe or digital sales' were clearly wrong as many people said many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDCowboy Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) No, people that were so insistent that VGChartz didn't include 'europe or digital sales' were clearly wrong as many people said many times. They weren't wrong. The numbers were US only and nothing online. With that, I can easily see another million copies sitting under the tree right now. Edited December 23, 2011 by SDCowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durzaka Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 subscriptions hardly count until past the first month. Now, a million sold, that's quite nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabster Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) They weren't wrong. The numbers were US only and nothing online. Yes they were - and this annoucement proves it. Amazon reported total sales (which included Europe) - and EA (which was mostly digital sales) were also listed. Those were both included in VGChartz. People refuse to accept that truth. Edited December 23, 2011 by Sabster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wager Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 No, people that were so insistent that VGChartz didn't include 'europe or digital sales' were clearly wrong as many people said many times. No, they were right. When they switched from North America numbers to US numbers, the pre-orders went down. Slightly. There are NOT a lot of Canadians playing. Also, as Stephen Reid keeps saying that BioWare/EA hadn't released any order figures previous to today's tweet, it's highly unlikely that Origin numbers were given to anybody, so no digital numbers could have been obtained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanorDM Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Yes they were - and this annoucement proves it. Funny because that's not what the site itself said. They said quite clearly that it was only US physical box sales... Unless you are saying the VGGamez site was lying about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GawdoOo Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 They weren't wrong. The numbers were US only and nothing online. With that, I can easily see another million copies sitting under the tree right now. Go look at the VGZ site.. They tell you some of how they figure the numbers they get. It's by polling brick and mortar stores, AND by polling gamers, among other methods. By polling gamers it isn't going to matter if hey bought digital or packaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheska Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 ^^ congrats bioware! But after Kotor, we all knew this game would be epic, especially since its the only MMO out to give us that promised, Single player experience and actually deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDCowboy Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Yes they were - and this annoucement proves it. Amazon reported total sales (which included Europe) - and EA (which was mostly digital sales) were also listed. Those were both included in VGChartz. People refuse to accept that truth. You do realize that subs are not the same as SALES right? There is easily half sold that people can't use until the 25th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObiQuixote Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 There's a handfull of those torwars like fan sites with the same basic information insider information. Very suspicious that it's EA PR/Marketing dollars at work. Seems like they are designed to make sure EA has the first say when you type SWTOR news into google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberate Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Wanna know why there is a picture of the owners of bioware smiling? They just looked at their bank accounts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GawdoOo Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 http://www.vgchartz.com/methodology.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanorDM Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) I saw the link above. Interesting to see. Edited December 23, 2011 by VanorDM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabster Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 You do realize that subs are not the same as SALES right? There is easily half sold that people can't use until the 25th. Wanna buy a bridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDCowboy Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Wanna buy a bridge? Funny...sales aren't subs though. It's christmas time. A large percentage of people aren't getting this game until then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talosred Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 For some reason, I will at-least be sticking around for 6 months and they are alreadfy talking about expanding things good to know. Anyone have advice on how not to become overly addicted to this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pythoris Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 One million already!? The game hasn't even been out a good month!!! Well done, Bioware! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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