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The end of the arguement. Is SWTOR in decline? Can it be saved?

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The end of the arguement. Is SWTOR in decline? Can it be saved?

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Elgarr
04.18.2012 , 02:18 PM | #401
Quote: Originally Posted by Dayln View Post
And as you leave, 5 more new accoutns have subscribed

have a nice day
Have you ever had a dream Daylin, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?

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Gungan
04.18.2012 , 02:23 PM | #402
Quote: Originally Posted by Dayln View Post
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have a nice day
No they haven't.

My usual Best Buy has like 5 copies of SWTOR and have taken down all the advertising material.

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Ansultares
04.18.2012 , 02:26 PM | #403
Quote: Originally Posted by DieAlteHexe View Post
Boy, people are so quick to believe the worst.

FWIW, just got the email about the pet a couple hours back.
The way it is worded suggest you need an active count with either paid game time in excess of 30 days or with your billing information saved and your account set to automatically bill.

If you're one of those people who remove your CC information after making a payment, you may not (and very likely won't) receive any free game time.

I don't know that I even received the free day offered as compensation for last week's downtime, given the wording they used.

All I know is, I was "active" enough to count amongst their 1.7M figure, but I'm not "active" enough to qualify for their giveaways. So, while I was on the fence about re-subbing for the one month interim between now and D3, this was just enough to make me say to myself that I don't want to be included amongst their second quarter statistics which they're obviously so desperate to inflate.

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Pantheros
04.18.2012 , 02:33 PM | #404
Quote: Originally Posted by Andymantium View Post
"The site claims Battlefield 3, which it spent $30 million marketing and only generated $13 million from, and Star Wars: The Old Republic, which received similar treatment and has supposedly already seen subscription numbers decline"

Eh, I don't claim that subs haven't dropped, but nobody has numbers. At least some figures were provided for BF3.
No, Battlefield 3 sold 13 milliion units, which is $780 million in revenue.

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ZeusThunder
04.18.2012 , 02:34 PM | #405
Quote: Originally Posted by Andymantium View Post
"The site claims Battlefield 3, which it spent $30 million marketing and only generated $13 million from, and Star Wars: The Old Republic, which received similar treatment and has supposedly already seen subscription numbers decline"

Eh, I don't claim that subs haven't dropped, but nobody has numbers. At least some figures were provided for BF3.
Did BF3 sell for $1 each? BF3 sold 13 million units, not generated $13 million. Kind of a big typo there in the article.
When making a new post if you can't even take the time to use basic grammar and spelling, why should I take the time to give you a proper response? Using poor English in forum posts is an invitation to be trolled.

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Elgarr
04.18.2012 , 02:54 PM | #406
Quote: Originally Posted by ZeusThunder View Post
Did BF3 sell for $1 each? BF3 sold 13 million units, not generated $13 million. Kind of a big typo there in the article.
Not if it cost nearly as much to make as what they sold it for.

Let's be honest, these games aren't cheap to make after all, generating 13 mill profit (if that's what it's supposed to mean,) isn't that far fetched. Also 13 mil profit for a company as big as EA is nothing special, it's all bout the bottom line after all.

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Pantheros
04.18.2012 , 03:13 PM | #407
Quote: Originally Posted by Elgarr View Post
Not if it cost nearly as much to make as what they sold it for.

Let's be honest, these games aren't cheap to make after all, generating 13 mill profit (if that's what it's supposed to mean,) isn't that far fetched. Also 13 mil profit for a company as big as EA is nothing special, it's all bout the bottom line after all.
The statement which he was reffering to in the first article was a misquote from the source article. The source article said 13 million units were sold and $30 million was spent on marketing.

That being said I don't think a game that sold as well as BF3 could have been a financial failure without some really serious mismanagement.

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Elgarr
04.18.2012 , 03:21 PM | #408
Quote: Originally Posted by Pantheros View Post
That being said I don't think a game that sold as well as BF3 could have been a financial failure without some really serious mismanagement.
EA = nuff said

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Holden_Dissent
04.18.2012 , 03:23 PM | #409
Quote: Originally Posted by Elgarr View Post
Have you ever had a dream Daylin, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?
You've been down that road Elgarr, you know that road, you know exactly where it ends. And I know that's not where you want to be

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XenonTitanium
04.18.2012 , 03:34 PM | #410
At 7:30am Central Time today, there were 2 people on the Republic Fleet on my server. Someone explain to me how any game can advertise playable content with 2 people online? That right there tells you a lot on some of the problems that desparately need to be fixed.