NOW = 1.7 Million Active Subscribers | 3 Months from now = Guess What

Bioware/EA cannot lie about subscription numbers without breaking the law. Server populations are an entirely different matter. They don't have to lie about them because they don't have to talk about them. Instead they let posters speculate all they want just like we see here on the forums.

Case in point, what exact numbers does "standard" actually mean? Light, heavy, etc.. same way. Without a reference to actual numbers, those terms can mean anything that Bioware wants them to mean. They are in complete control of those terms.

I would like for them to get rid of those terms and, instead, show actual players playing on each server and it would also be nice to see the split between Empire and Republic. They won't do that though. I'm even surprised they show # of players in a specific zone but since there are numerous planets, flashpoints, warzones, etc., no one actually knows how many total players are logged into the server.

1.7 million active subscriptions =/= 1.7 million actual people still playing the game.

Can't believe people still fall for simple marketing spin.

EAware counts me as an "active subscriber" and I haven't played in damn near 2 months.

They only get to for another 9 days though. Then they have to count me as a cancellation.

Guess how many more pre-paid accounts will be running out of time soon and becoming officially cancelled where they can't be counted? I'm betting enough that even 1 million "active subscriptions" will be nothing but a fond yet bittersweet memory for poor ol' EAware.

thats because some of us still like the game if you left its not for you ...

Still seems a little high for the server states.

I agree, however EA has shown in the past that this is not how they document their numbers. Other companies do the same. Until it is written into law that free trials do not count as active subscribers ...this behaivor will continue

notice that they had the torstatus website change its format from numbers to the low/standard/high/very high/full format?

they are not lieing about numbers, but they are fudging them by adding in trials

A sub is someone who is currently in their paid time period, not someone playing on a free account/trial period. The very definition of the word means they are subscribers.

The majority count anyone who is paying for a subscription, anyone in a free trial period or anyone who has been active on an account within the last month. They make no distinction for users with multiple accounts so they will be counted separately.

Think we are down to about 150k Concurrent users or a little over 1.3 million subs.

One major issue/battle since day one on these forums is players believing that 1.7 million subs should equal 1.7 million concurrent users which is of course absurd. And the players who still love this game a losing the battle to this type of thinking.