The Truth About MMO's: SWTOR > WoW

Here's a fact. A lot of people are throwing around statements how this game will never be as big as WoW. Well I've got some bad news for you. It its almost already equal. That's right!

The fact is that Blizzard is bleeding subs like a sieve. Also add in the fact that the majority of Blizzard's player numbers are from Asia. Also add to this that Blizzard inflates their numbers with creative accounting. Even during the days of its highest popularity, it only had maybe 2 to 4 million US subs, and MAYBE the same in Europe.

So with that said, given WoW's decline, I am willing to bet that SWTOR, as of right now, is on track to meet and surpass WoW in US and European subscribers.

Reference: http://daeity.blogspot.com/2010/08/b...n-numbers.html

If WoW secretly only has 2,000,000 subscribers, then SWTOR must have like 14

Also added to the facts is that 100% of the people playing SWTOR atm are still using the 30 days they got from buying the game....

Now plz, relax and lets see what the future brings.

And again, swtor dont have to beat wow to be a succes.

Cool just a matter of time.

I never said it had to beat WoW. I'm saying it will surpass WoW in popularity in the only markets that really matter.

I'd be careful comparing numbers when their game's not even out for a month yet...



either way I also don't know why people keep comparing it with WoW and seem to want it to 'kick WoW off the throne'

do you guys really care that much? did you get burnt? did Blizzard hurt your personal feelings?

don't get me wrong, I too suffered the utter rubbish talking about WoW back in business school and among some friends for a while.. but I eventually just blocked it out.

WoW can exist as long as Blizzard doesn't decided Titan should be the number one (and it will be number 1 I'm sure of that.. or at least almost sure)

and SW:TOR? yeah, that's the game I'll be playing - and enjoying



edit: the only market that matters is NA? (and 'maybe' Europe?)
you do realise the second biggest gaming market after the US is Japan, right? :P

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Yep, and it's not like there's a recurring pattern where everyone tries a new MMORPG for a month and then goes back to WoW. Nope, that *never* happens.

See where we are in three months and this might be impressive.

Why do people concern themselves with what game is better? Both Blizzard and BioWare have made amazing games, what is the point in comparing one MMO to another when your having fun playing the game, that's really the whole point to a video game is it not?

SWTOR doesn't compare to WoW outside of 'levelling' and 'number of cinematics' so the comparison is dumb. WoW is, and always has been, about end game competitiveness. SWTOR has no end game, at least no end game that is worthwhile. There's just no way SWTOR will ever match WoW in terms of end game mechanics and accessibility, and when 4.3.2 comes out with the cross-realm battle.net raiding, I expect a lot of subscriptions to be renewed.