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Is this game really in trouble?

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Is this game really in trouble?

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PDavidson
01.23.2012 , 06:49 PM | #71
I just posted about this. The people that are complaining are the people that came into this game ready for a fully complete game with no bugs or glitches and everything to be ready for them to play with a world full of things to do. Unfortunately that is not the case. This game has a long way to go before it is near complete, they have a lot to add and a lot of story and stuff to still put in. In other words I am having fun, and I know I will continue to have fun as they add more stuff and make the game better. And the people that are complaining about not having anything to do are just too impatient to give the game another couple of months to develop and fully mature. hell with the way they are churning out content. I can see this game getting three times as big within the next year and a half. I am enjoying it. As are my roommates. And I'm glad some of you are as well. Well done BioWare. Ignore the halfwits.

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itekazzawrrlic
01.23.2012 , 06:49 PM | #72
Quote: Originally Posted by Mannic View Post
This kind of terrible understanding of how business and money works is why many of us laugh at fanboys defending this game. You don't even understand the simplest thing about business, which is that the developer does not MAKE $60 on a $60 game (and TOR isn't even a $60 game) and yet you guys have the gall to criticize people like professional analysts and say they don't know anything.

Reminds me of my grandfather when I was a kid laughing at stupid scientists and their dumb ideas that were obviously wrong because he didn't learn about them in church. He didn't know the first thing about science, yet still felt perfectly comfortable mocking scientists.

If you don't know that the amount a game sells for does not equal the amount the publisher makes, you should never talk about anything business or money releated again until you've taken a class.
LoL @ they don't make $60 a game. Yeah, they only make $5 and the rest disappears in a hole.

If you're so smart, why dont you enlighten instead of being a pr*ck?

Even if they only make $30 a game, that is still $60Million and a pretty good return for only one month.
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Darth_Gao_Gao
01.23.2012 , 06:54 PM | #73
he's a business major. no wonder he mad.

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Mannic
01.23.2012 , 06:58 PM | #74
Quote: Originally Posted by itekazzawrrlic View Post
LoL @ they don't make $60 a game. Yeah, they only make $5 and the rest disappears in a hole.

If you're so smart, why dont you enlighten instead of being a pr*ck?
If you weren't the 6579th person I've seen make this exact same mistake I wouldn't be such a ***** about it. I mean, do you guys really not know that nearly everything you buy is marked up by the retailer and that the manufacturer doesn't make even close to the full amount on it?

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Feelinestars
01.23.2012 , 07:00 PM | #75
Yes, this game is really in trouble. The new shiny feeling has worn off, and even the biggest fanboys are beginning to come out of denial. It's not polished. It's not innovative. It's not an MMO. It's buggy beyond belief. It's not FUN. The fact that they released the game in the state it's in is practically insulting.. and then, and THEN they want US to pay THEM $15 bucks a month to beta-test this piece of crap.

BioWare will get what they deserve.

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TheHeadCapper
01.23.2012 , 07:03 PM | #76
Quote: Originally Posted by itekazzawrrlic View Post
LoL @ they don't make $60 a game. Yeah, they only make $5 and the rest disappears in a hole.

If you're so smart, why dont you enlighten instead of being a pr*ck?

Even if they only make $30 a game, that is still $60Million and a pretty good return for only one month.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/ente...ideo-game.html

Another way to look at it is to say publishers such as Activision and Electronic Arts receive $45 after retailers take a $15 cut. Publishers turn around and pay a $7 licensing fee to console manufacturers such as Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. The cost of making, packaging and shipping game discs to stores carves up another $4. Finally, not all games sell, so the expense of returning unsold inventory eats up another $7.

That leaves publishers with about $27 per disc sold for development, marketing and other expenses. These are, of course, back-of-the-envelope averages. Each of these numbers can vary. For instance, a publisher could negotiate a smaller licensing fee with console manufacturers. And by deploying the Goldilocks method of inventory (not too much, not too little), they can also minimize returns. Tinkering with the margins in these ways lets companies tune their bottom lines
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mastersloup
01.23.2012 , 07:05 PM | #77
Quote: Originally Posted by Sarfux View Post
ugh...for the last time NO. It's growing...people are coming to it and more will in the future.. Just because forum trolls on here say its dying..doesn't mean it's dying lol :P
They all say this at first. And then Kaboom

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Vislo
01.23.2012 , 07:08 PM | #78
I'm enjoying this game on my main alt atm lvling him up, weird that im having more fun with my BH than SI on dromund kaas the 3rd time around (including beta) I actually think it has to do with the fact that i dont have to worry about dieing so much as you do with the SI, squishy as hell lol.And tanks are very self sufficient, good for immersive solo play on the main story line, with my SI definitely on the last story-line quest, wasnt soloable at some parts at all unless i got lke 3 lvls above the npcs. I usually got my friend to help me though. anyway I hope it succeeds its gotten great reviews now up to the management update 2.0 sounds promising if it doesnt include as much bugs as patch 1 did.
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Cicatrize
01.23.2012 , 07:09 PM | #79
Quote: Originally Posted by RayneDancer View Post
Opinions are like arseholes. Everybody has one, and they (usually) all stink.

That article is no exception. I'm having a blast with the game, have a 50, and I've been playing quite often. Not bored at all. I only get slightly discouraged with faction imbalances, but that happens with every game, so it's no big deal.
http://kotaku.com/5877507/wait-dont-...e-old-republic
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TheHeadCapper
01.23.2012 , 07:11 PM | #80
Quote: Originally Posted by Cicatrize View Post
You should see the legacy article this guy put out that is totally full of misinformation and downright wrong info. He screams of a WoW fanboy, it's pathetic.
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