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NOW = 1.7 Million Active Subscribers | 3 Months from now = Guess What

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NOW = 1.7 Million Active Subscribers | 3 Months from now = Guess What

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mangarrage
02.06.2012 , 09:22 AM | #601
Quote: Originally Posted by Cormey View Post
It'll be interesting to see what happens to sub numbers when they start selling TOR to the red zones. Us more hardcore gamers in the red zones might have bought it on amazon and such but the more casual crowd wont bother until it's on store shelves.
This is a great point considering everyone looks at wow who admitted that over 75% of their "subs" are in Asia at this point

You know where someone can pay for 10 hours a month and are considered a sub

I do not know what their plans are on this but it would probably triple the subs

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Ortonic
02.06.2012 , 09:27 AM | #602
EA said well before launch that 500,000 subscriptions was a solid number and would still help the title to remain profitable. Considering they have doubled that and still have room to grow, I would anticipate that SWTOR will be just fine.

You guys should really give this game at least a year before you start analyzing if it's failing or not. Give the large casual base time to become invested in the game. There will be others from the WoW community that will decide whether or not they want to continue to invest their time and money in to Mists or move on to something else.

Many people claim "well, (insert MMO here) doesn't have WoW's subscription numbers so it's an instant fail", but what they need to realize is that there will be probably never be another MMO that will literally expand that fast. There are too many options at this point. The MMO genre is almost oversaturated with everything from f2p to casual to hardcore and everything in between.

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GalacticKegger
02.06.2012 , 01:31 PM | #603
Quote: Originally Posted by VenthiosLestaran View Post
You shouldn't let the setting deter you. Missing a good thing would be worse than trying something that you might not like. There are no elves in GW2 thankfully! Or Orcs! But there are swords, and sorcery. However the way you command them is vastly different from other MMO's. You might like it, check it out. Can't hurt.
Wouldn't happen to be on the NCSoft payroll would you?
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racsofp
02.06.2012 , 01:33 PM | #604
Quote: Originally Posted by JohnExponent View Post
My rough estimate is 2.5M Active Subscribers
What's yours?
I'm going to follow the lead of people who can't decide if the planet is warming or cooling.

I do not know what the number will be, but I am predicting Subscription Count Change.
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Drewser
02.06.2012 , 01:39 PM | #605
Quote: Originally Posted by VenthiosLestaran View Post
You shouldn't let the setting deter you. Missing a good thing would be worse than trying something that you might not like. There are no elves in GW2 thankfully! Or Orcs! But there are swords, and sorcery. However the way you command them is vastly different from other MMO's. You might like it, check it out. Can't hurt.
I checked out the website and I am not seeing anything that is vastly different in how the characters are commanded. What am I missing?

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Tiriensoul
02.06.2012 , 01:54 PM | #606
600,000,000 before end of feb. no doubt.
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Enako
02.06.2012 , 02:59 PM | #607
Quote: Originally Posted by JohnExponent View Post
My rough estimate is 2.5M Active Subscribers
What's yours?
3-5 m.

NON gamer people are coming into this game. im not saying non-MMO gamers - note that, im saying NON gamers.

its a major feat to attract those people.

this game, will get some of the wow playerbase. but not all. the attraction of the two games are different.

but, the appeal of this game is mainstream. this definition of 'mainstream' includes non gamers. so far, only nintendo wii has been able to do it, in almost 15 years.

subscriber base for this game will dwarf wow in 1.5 years. but, wow probably wont die.

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Rohke
02.06.2012 , 03:07 PM | #608
350k id say if that.

It lacks enough mmo features gonna take alot of growth to maintain subs.
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VenthiosLestaran
02.06.2012 , 03:09 PM | #609
Quote: Originally Posted by GalacticKegger View Post
You wouldn't happen to be on the NCSoft payroll would you?
No. I'm a cook, I don't work for NCSoft.
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Brickabrack
02.06.2012 , 03:10 PM | #610
An exceptional product will be rewarded. It's up to BioWare to continue to be exceptional. 3 months from now we'll see how that is going for them. I for one will be around to see for myself. I'm very pleased with my purchase.
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