The sky isn't falling. A numbers based view.

Just for the hell of it: http://beta.xfire.com/profile/tim1katarn1

If that's a casual amount of play then we need to redefine the term. I don't drink, smoke, or have kids. This is my entertainment.

Statistics is certainly a science when reviewing scientifically obtained and verifiable data.

Statistically analyzing press released statements from the companies you are studying is just playing with numbers.

9 hours a day, that's going some.

That's also because of my work set up: http://imageshack.us/a/img534/3439/imag0032mv.jpg

If I'm working on the PC on the left you can be sure I'm probably at least logged in to SWTOR and questing an alt or alt tabbed on here on the personal PC.

Cheater

But dedicated.

And clearly slightly more than "casual"

Aye I do that too, it *ahem* helps productivity.

My company certainly thinks so. They claim higher productivity from WAH employees than people in the office as a justification to approve the positions and they only approve the top performers for WAH in the first place. The thing that sucks is today the local office is flooded with a few inches of water in the basement level so they shut it down for the day. Of course I still have to work- and make sure our project doesn't fall behind. The only good news is that we had warning this might happen so we didn't lose any equipment.

That pic of my set up is from 2011, in July. And for full disclosure the WoW icon on there is because my wife occasionally plays wow in a wives guild with the other people I work with I think that's kinda neat in itself. She has her own gaming PC but likes to steal mine when she can so I put it on there for her. WoW has never held my interest

[QUOTE=Tim-ONeil;5326590]I'm starting this thread as a place to discuss the state of the game while keeping things in perspective without employing excessive hyperbole to make my point. I hope it can generate a good discussion.


The Truth in Numbers


The Electronic Arts Q2 FY2013 earnings report just came out. The information EA provided about about Star Wars: The Old Republic is sparse. No subscription numbers.

Documents at http://investor.ea.com/ .

• "Subscriptions, advertising, and other digital revenue grew 48%, driven by Star Wars: The Old Republic. As we mentioned on the last call, a free-to-play option for this game will be available this quarter, and we will provide more insight regarding the results of this change in future calls."
  
• "Non-GAAP revenue for the quarter is expected to be between $1.25 and $1.35 billion, a decline in comparison from last year's $1.65 billion, which included the launches of Battlefield 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic. Both titles drove packaged goods and full-game digital download revenue."