From a Goldman Analyst Perspective on SWTOR

None of that matters, because they aren't competing with WoW at launch. That's what he's saying. It needs to be good now or else people will go back to WoW.

I don't care if he is a real GS analyst or not, it doesn't matter because he's right. This is what people don't understand is they aren't competing against WoW 7 years ago, they're competing against WoW NOW. You need to release a polished game on release, with most if not all of the features one has come to expect from WoW or else your game will crater.

BW I still think can save it, this update about the state of PVP and the coming patch is really reassuring, and even if this game DOES totally fail I'm still going to play all 8 classes and their story lines all the way through. So I'm here for a while that's for sure. But they do need to get their **** together, because the honeymoon is over.

I dont care who he is. I happen to agree with most of what he says.


I note that almost all objections to this post are over his credentials, not the content...yet to see a single decent rebuttal.

tl;dr

guy thinks he knows urrythang

Pretty sure Terrance Stamp bestowed that title to Gene Hackman. So you're Gene Hackman? Neat!

This.

This.

Wait, you don't care if he lies to gain credibility?! LOL.

Then you imply SWTOR needs massive improvement but you're going to play EIGHT CLASSES TO 50!

Wow.

I dont care who he is. I happen to agree with most of what he says.


I note that almost all objections to this post are over his credentials, not the content...yet to see a single decent rebuttal.

Why would a Goldman-Sachs analyst post on the SWTOR forums citing reasons why he thinks the game should/will fail?

I have an idea: Maybe he wants it to fail as he has told investors that it will?

Why would anyone who has foreseen that this game will crash and burn to bits decide to still purchase a copy of the game if he has absolutely no belief in it?

Two important questions that need an answer.

Now, what do I think? His criticism is not off, it is painfully obvious that the game is lacking, but I don't think it is lacking as bad as he makes it out to be. Oh, you levelled to 50 in 2 weeks and then complain that the game is a grind while saluting World of Warcraft for not being so? Oh, haha, there your credibility disappeared inot thin air.

I remember well how I had to grind for WEEKS to get my Shattered Sun Offensive reputation, quests without any immersion or thought behind them: "Kill x of those, bomb y of those, gather z of those" "Why? "We don't know". The entire concept of WoW is that you have a constant carrot on a stick in front of your face because the game doesn't provide you with any other content. In fact, that is how MMOs work, though some (SWTOR included) do it more elegantly than others.

My bet is that this isn't an analyst by any stretch and that this is just another disgruntled former WoW-fan who hoped for a WoW-copy set in space with lightsabers but didn't find it.