The Old Republic (better than DayZ)

[blaad]

Every time I see new post in this thread I come in hope it's f2p already. :disappointed:

[Paradox]

Every time I see new post in this thread I come in hope it's f2p already. :disappointed:

This. Has anything been said by SOE or whatever about it or are they still soldiering on?

[Trindermon]

Every time I see new post in this thread I come in hope it's f2p already. :disappointed:

This. Has anything been said by SOE or whatever about it or are they still soldiering on?

rofl.

[noobcake]

So....The latest q & a with the devs states that 1.3 will include rated warzones. Too little, too late IMO.

Also, still not f2p

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[lt]

They had 1.000.000+ paying subs at last count and you believe they'll go f2p soon?! .

:TpTlk:

[bundus]

So as of yesterday Rockjaw is no longer with them.

[noobcake]

They had 1.000.000+ paying subs at last count and you believe they'll go f2p soon?! .

:TpTlk:

last count was sometime back in MARCH. You really should take a look at some of the servers that used to be busy. I'd say if theres 50 people on my main server, which used to be VERY HEAVY until right before 1.2, youd know what people are talking about.

Population is only staying steady on 2 or 3 servers. Fatman, Droogas, and a third one I cba to log in and check atm.

Anyone who thinks that the game still has 1m+ active subscribers is fucking nuts. Especially considering that by EA's own admission, their sub numbers were ~800k in March.

[Mavolio]

Anyone who thinks that the game still has 1m+ active subscribers is fucking nuts. Especially considering that by EA's own admission, their sub numbers were ~800k in March.

Didn't mmo-data report that EA had told them they were on 1.2million + at the start of may?

I cant check atm as the site appears to not want to load for some reason.

[Space Panda]

they had 1.3m "active" accounts, down 400k on the last report. active accounts is a loaded term. for instance, i'm technically active despite being unsubbed, and this is only because i bought a 6 month sub on release.

some people claim that they also count the people who received the free month as active, despite the fact that their subs ended and they are riding on the free time.

either way, as noobcake said, none of that hardly even matters. a quick look at the server populations shows very clearly that something is wrong.

[noobcake]

Didn't mmo-data report that EA had told them they were on 1.2million + at the start of may?

http://mmodata.blogspot.com/

last report of SWTOR numbers are on the site from March, and the site says this:

Sunday, March 11, 2012
Version 3.8 thoughts and comments
Version 3.8 is only a small update, mainly to add the revised datapoint for Star Wars The Old Republic.

I will also talk about Runescape and Second Life, which I didn't mention in my v3.7 thoughts and comments.

About Star Wars The Old Republic

While I thought I would not get any new SWTOR numbers any time soon, I was mistaken, we got some new numbers, although not very exact ones, so I was not not completely wrong either

I get my new info from the 2012 Wedbush Conference, here are the comments from EA. I will quote the parts we are interested in :

Star Wars, this is an area that I think has got a lot of people anxious. I've heard from investors today saying that we must have 800,000 subscribers. I heard 600,000 yesterday. So what I think a lot of people have misunderstood is we said we had 1.7 million subscribers on the last call, which was about a month ago. What that was about was the fact that only about – just about half that number had triggered through their 30-day point and become active subscribers, our definition of recurring subscribers.

We had about half that total still in the 30-day trial period, but they're subscribers because that first month is including with a package good. What I said a month ago was, just over half. I can now confirm for you today that the vast majority of the 1.7 is now triggered through that point and they're recurring subscribers.

I am not giving you my fiscal 2013 guidance, but it is very clear on the surface that some of the craziness that was out there in terms of misunderstanding [ph] this is that I can (10:04) clear up today. It's a very strong entry. We still have a lot of future in front of us. We're two months into the launch, a lot more to go, but 1.7 million, vast majority now, are recurring subscribers.

And here, for reference the quote from the quarterly conference call on February 1 :

Let me offer some metrics on purchase and subscription that will help you understand thisbusiness. As John stated, we have sold through two million units of the game since December. We currently have a little over 1.7 million active subscribers. The rest have either not started playing yet or have opted out.

So the vast majority of the 1,7m resubscribed, now we have to determine what that vast majority is , 80%, 90% maybe? If I lay this info next to the Xfire numbers and server load I can come up with a pretty close estimate, and that is what I did in v3.8, where the number is revised upwards.

After the initial rush, there was a steep decline in activity, but overall SWTOR manages to keep a sizable chunk of players subscribed.
I have to conclude that SWTOR is a bit more stable than I initially estimated and many players keep paying while not playing or playing a lot less.

I will keep a close eye on the game, there is still a large untapped potential in Asia, where they were off to a reasonable start in the Asia pacific region with 3 heavy loaded servers.

Lastly, I consider the game stabilized now, if the server loads and Xfire metrics drop even more, and no new official numbers are released, the charts will reflect the decline, I will wait until April before making any attempts on a new estimate.

Edit: also, I know X-fire is nothing official, and a large number of gamers dont use Xfire anymore, but the chart for SWTOR is pretty telling.

http://beta.xfire.com/games/swtor

also...

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/new...ts_subscribers

[scoser]

Diablo III and whatever else is coming out has raped the population on my server. Server merges/free transfers can't get here soon enough.

[Alistair]

If game went FTP, might re-install. Other than that, probably not.

Too many other good free or one-time-purchase options about to have to pay an ongoing monthly sub tbqh.

[Trindermon]

If game went FTP, might re-install. Other than that, probably not.

Too many other good free or one-time-purchase options about to have to pay an ongoing monthly sub tbqh.

TBH would resub ina instance if they sorted some kinda way to gorup with people/and pvp with people (server merges, cross server tech whatever).

[Overspark]

Not caring about FTP but unsubscribed because of dwindling population and Diablo III crew checking in.

[Phrixus Zephyr]

I would hope that this would be a final lesson to make developers construct a worth while game, or at least finish the half arsed one they rushed out, but i have a feeling the money made from initial sales a first 6 months of release out weights all production costs by a fair margin.

[Ruri]

I would hope that this would be a final lesson to make developers construct a worth while game, or at least finish the half arsed one they rushed out, but i have a feeling the money made from initial sales a first 6 months of release out weights all production costs by a fair margin.

Come join us in the wait for Guild Wars 2. Those fuckers at ANet have been teasing it for years, and their only response in re: release date is "when it's ready." Based on what I've seen in the beta events the wait is paying off too, so there's at least one developer that seems to be doing it right.

[VARRAKK]

next patch now features free server transfers

[Miep]

next patch now features free server transfers

Sooo, is there anyone left to transfer?

[Winged Nazgul]

next patch now features free server transfers

Sooo, is there anyone left to transfer?

Badum...tish!

[noobcake]

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/06...content-plans/

i's happened...f2p to level 15