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Sulvan
05.07.2012 , 04:05 PM | #401
rember they gave people a free month with the requirements which is counted in this total those who are actually playing is much lower.

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Galbatorrix
05.07.2012 , 04:06 PM | #402
Quote: Originally Posted by Dezzi View Post
I just want others to agree that 400,000 people is a lot. You don't have to make a judgement about what this says of the success or failure of the game.
We're half glass full people. You see "Loss of 400K" and we see "Retention of 1.3 Million". It's anyone's guess if they level out, get better, get worse, etc. The fact is, for now, the game still has a very good player base half a year into it's life span. That's actually pretty good....

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05.07.2012 , 04:06 PM | #403
Quote: Originally Posted by Kthx View Post
Thanks, this is useful, as the link published by the OP implied that this was a end-of-quarter count (i.e. March 31).
The 1.3 is end of quarter according to the article....

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05.07.2012 , 04:06 PM | #404
Quote: Originally Posted by Spaj View Post
Anyone find it ironic that the Dev Tracker shows a flurry of responses today?
This team has always been reactionary. I'm not surprised.
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05.07.2012 , 04:06 PM | #405
Quote: Originally Posted by Arunas View Post
But you can see it from there :/
What are you talking about?

Losing 25% means that the game is still growing.

25% just left to make room for the new 25% coming.

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MaverickXIV
05.07.2012 , 04:07 PM | #406
Quote: Originally Posted by Vlaxitov View Post
A. I don't have any reason to beleive what EA tells their investors.

B. I wonder what their reported sub numbers would have been for this game had it not been star wars.
A. I don't have any reason to take you seriously if you can't take federally regulated press releases as truth.

B. Irrelevant.

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Muskaan
05.07.2012 , 04:07 PM | #407
Quote: Originally Posted by Tiaa View Post
What are you talking about?

Losing 25% means that the game is still growing.

25% just left to make room for the new 25% coming.
What?

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05.07.2012 , 04:07 PM | #408
It says 1.2 Mil subs but keep in mind that free month everyone received. There are a ton of subs that are not counted as being dropped due to that free month because they are still coded as active. Sub loss is actually closer to 50% but the free month lets them make the shareholders feel better.
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05.07.2012 , 04:08 PM | #409
Quote: Originally Posted by DarthTHC View Post
It's simple maths.

EA says 400,000 people left in the last fiscal quarter.
A fiscal quarter is 3 months, let's just call that 1/4 of a year or 91 days.

400,000 / 91 = 4,396 people leaving the game per day.

There are 24 hours in a day.

4,396 / 24 = 183 leaving the game per hour.

Or about 3 per minute.
Right but that is not how it actually happens. It's not a steady stream, unsubbs are usually in bursts due related to an event. (i.e. Patch content.) Honestly when i see things like this it makes me think the person doing it is throwing common sense to the wind to appear to be book smart.
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05.07.2012 , 04:08 PM | #410
Quote: Originally Posted by Vlaxitov View Post
A. I don't have any reason to beleive what EA tells their investors.

B. I wonder what their reported sub numbers would have been for this game had it not been star wars.
A. If companies lie to investors, the federal government goes after them. I doubt EA would be willing to risk an SEC investigation over subscription numbers.

B. Is irrelevant. Without the Star Wars tie-in the game would have had a much tinier budget, would have been a completely different game, and would have a different standard for success or failure.
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