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EA to Release Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Results on May 7, 2012

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EA to Release Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Results on May 7, 2012

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Kthx
05.05.2012 , 05:54 PM | #311
Quote: Originally Posted by Puppup View Post
Many like myself are still counted as an active sub, do to the free time given, after cancelling.
Again, for the umpteenth time, the 30-day free time was credited on April 25, well after the statements on subscription levels and almost a month after the end of Q4 2012, which is the subject of this thread.

Quote: Originally Posted by Puppup View Post
Given the continual decline in actual numbers on servers, the sub number will drop eventually.
That depends on the relationship between concurrent players and subscription counts, which we know very little about, and on the ability of EA to expand into new markets (such as the 38-country expansion announced on April 26).

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Redmarx
05.05.2012 , 10:13 PM | #312
Watch them hide the fact that SWTOR subs are below 400k.

They'll be using all the free month people to obfuscate the numbers.

Hopefully one of the analysts will call them on it, would be interesting what kind of alibi they provide for that one.

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Arkerus
05.05.2012 , 10:23 PM | #313
Quote: Originally Posted by Redmarx View Post
Watch them hide the fact that SWTOR subs are below 400k.

They'll be using all the free month people to obfuscate the numbers.

Hopefully one of the analysts will call them on it, would be interesting what kind of alibi they provide for that one.
Below 400k? Sure buddy.

What kind of vile person actively wants a game to FAIL? People's jobs and lively hood depend on selling successful products.
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ironix
05.05.2012 , 10:33 PM | #314
Quote: Originally Posted by Angedechu View Post
Why do you assume that all stockholders are stupid ?

If Bioware is padding the numbers of subs in such a crude way, people will notice.
Like Enron stockholders did? >.>
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Aricus
05.05.2012 , 11:16 PM | #315
Quote: Originally Posted by Angedechu View Post
Why do you assume that all stockholders are stupid ?

If Bioware is padding the numbers of subs in such a crude way, people will notice.
This is not true always the case. You'll be surprised how many people invest into a company in which they have no understanding of how it's being operated or what is it they do.

Seriously investors don't even know what they're doing most of the time and most investors are your avg Joe who has their money tied into some 401k account.

Not to mention most companies regularly do special accounting tricks to inflate their numbers. So I don't doubt they would do the same in an MMO subscription sense.

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ConradLionhart
05.05.2012 , 11:18 PM | #316
Will they release the number of subs for SW:TOR? Because this feels like the overall performance of EA rather than just one game.

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ConradLionhart
05.05.2012 , 11:20 PM | #317
Quote: Originally Posted by Arkerus View Post
Below 400k? Sure buddy.

What kind of vile person actively wants a game to FAIL? People's jobs and lively hood depend on selling successful products.
The same people who would vote EA as the worst company, over other real candidates like banks that have brought the US to its knees and made people homeless.

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Lt_Latency
05.05.2012 , 11:30 PM | #318
They have to be going down or will be soon.

I play on the Fatman the most populated sever, Every day we get people rolling saying. "OMG a server with people on it" I am so happy and every our population seems to be dropping. When never hit full anymore and fleet used to cap around 260 now i don't see it break 200 anymore.

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Necrolepsy
05.05.2012 , 11:31 PM | #319
Quote: Originally Posted by Jett-Rinn View Post
Well Daniel Erickson has said as recently as today that Subs for TOR haven't dropped So I'm going to take a wild guess and say 1.7 million active subscriptions for TOR.



So much for the Omgzorz mass exodus!!!
I know: "Just you wait till next quarter!"
Well it's working, 30 free days, a new content patch and quality content = happy customer. I've resubbed.
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Lt_Latency
05.05.2012 , 11:31 PM | #320
They have to be going down or will be soon.

I play on the Fatman, Every day we get people rolling saying. "OMG a server with people on it I am so happy" and every our population seems to be dropping. When never hit full anymore and fleet used to cap around 260 now i don't see it break 200 anymore.

So either it's going down or bioware screwed up massivly and open 2 times as many serves as they should have