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By now you all know that Star Wars Galaxies will be switched off in the coming months, but what you might not know is that it was destined to be turned off in 2012 according to their current contract. Also, the game has already had its "end date" extended twice, far beyond the original planned five year license.
"A lot of people don't know about this because we don't talk about it, but we've already extended the game end a couple of times. When we originally approached LucasArts back in 2001 for the original license, we planned it to be a five year window for the game. And that seemed like a hell of a long time! This was back in the early days of EverQuest with had only been out for just over a year, so we didn't know about the shelf life of these things."
Smedley cited business reasons, the way the product had performed, and the fact that Star Wars: The Old Republic is on the way soon from EA as contibuting to the decision to end the title. While he admits that SWTOR is being created by a talented team, they'll need "At least two million subscribers at launch to support that game. I know how much it cost to make that title, and that's what they need."
But Smedley was still shocked by the actual death knell for the game. "That really hurt," Smedley said soberly, "We had a dedicated group of people working on that thing, and it will be really sad to see it go." But he added that the game will "Go out with a bang" as they have big plans for the end of Galaxies. As for why they didn't hold the announcement of the closure until after Fan Faire, Smedley said "That would have been a dick move." He feels that pain just as much as the fans do.
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Vicious_Vertigo
You know, we could all go on about how SOE ruined the game, Smedley is no good, etc.
But the thing is, that's not going to bring this game back. It's been a good run, and the game has a lot of good memories for me. I wish the best of luck to the dev team, they deserve it.
The game had beautiful enviroments (for its time at least) and featured some really good PvP. And you couldn't just become a Jedi, you had to work for a long time to get to that point. When people saw you with a lightsaber, they knelt in respect. So much love went into this game, and I'm really hoping TOR will exemplify this as well.
crocodilius
I watched Fanfaire last night, pretty cool and the dwarf-woman was awesome.
Everyone was disappointed in no EverQuest3 news as far as i could tell (i was just pissed off they kept calling it EverQuestNext like they thought it was cool or something).
Anywho, my prediction was 3 million for TOR at least.
macross2012
I am not sure why this game wasnt shut down 9 years ago when everyone jumped shipped for WOW.. Star Wars was great for a while. Sadly it blew after the first 2 years and should have been shut down.. Shocked it lasted this long.
obibobkenobi
Smedley has a history of lieing to the entire SWG community. I don't see this as much of anything but another poor attempt to save face. I love this game. No other MMO comes close to being as sandbox as SWG. The Beast Master and crafting features alone make it worth saving. If he was truly as hurt as the fans the least they could do is make it F2P for it's remainder. Instead they want to squeeze out a final 15-30 dollars. Just another lie from John Smedley.
Dehnyen
Sorry, Ive had a horrible day, and a few beers in me. Star Wars is overrated, WAY overrated. BUT, I do feel bad for the fans of the game. It's gotta suck to have something shut down like that when you find joy in it.
Overrated though...
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