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BioWare took a huge gamble on Star Wars: The Old Republic, and it's paying off, according to EA's Q3 report. "Star Wars: The Old Republic is developing a committed community of players with more than 1.7 million active subscribers and growing," said Chief Executive Officer John Riccitiello in a statement.
Not only does SWTOR have 1.7 million subscribers it has also sold through more than two million units in a month.
The creation of a top-tier, subscription based MMO is an incredibly risky endeavor, especially when it's an MMO based on a fictional universe that already had an MMO--remember Star Wars: Galaxies? You can bet EA and Bioware were keen to make a very different kind of game than that one, with a different result.You can also bet that nerves were on edge at both companies while they awaited the results of the The Old Republic launch. Today's financial announcement makes it official: SW:TOR is healthy.
Here are a few more just-released SW:TOR facts:
- Over 239 million in-game hours, or over 332,000 months and over 27,000 years of in-game time
- Over 20 billion NPCs killed
- Over 148 billion credits spent
“We’re truly honored and humbled by the incredibly strong support from our players who are enjoying Star Wars: The Old Republic,” said Dr. Ray Muzyka, Co-Founder of BioWare and General Manager of EA’s BioWare Label. “Our entire team worked very hard over the holidays to deliver a smooth experience at launch, and the resulting response to the game from our fans and critics has been exceptionally gratifying.”
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StarStridder
I can't wait till 2-3 years down the line when I can flaunt my founders title and laugh at people who though this game was a wow clone.
dracoraptor
I plan to play swtor as soon as the starting price is not $60 for the first month. I understand they want to make back the massive money they spent, but they will do it alot quicker if I didn't feel like I was buying a full game for one month.
KonZ3N
No.
KonZ3N
Are you playing SWTOR?
No.
Tsunagami
I like it more than wow, I like how you get more into what you're doing (quests/missions) by just listening to the npcs instead of skipping a book like in wow. I'm actually following what's going on, not just grinding.
jjfan1
It will be interesting to see how this game will grow. so far so good. I enjoyed beta aside from the extremely long wait times when beta invitations increased. I plan to revisit SWTOR this summer after Bioware has had time to work out the some of the kinks.
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