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The Old Republic Losing Subs; Gaining Add-ons

[May 07, 2012, 8:15 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Electronic Arts' Q4 FY12 and FY12 Financial Results are now online, offering balance sheets on the gaming giant along with tidbits of information about their operations. They report all-time high non-GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion for the fiscal year, and a jump in digital non-GAAP revenue of 47% to $1.2 billion. Included is a note saying Star Wars: The Old Republic has 1.3 million active subscribers, which Ars notes is down from a reported 1.7 million in March, confirming speculation the game has been losing subscribers. They also report n a post-earnings conference call where EA Labels President Frank Gibeau said the drop was consistent with their "original assumptions" about the Star Wars MMORPG's post-launch prospects, though he also stated EA "intends to increase subscribers" with continual upgrades, including new guild features, player vs. player improvements, and "elder gameplay" for high-level players. EA also announces two new content packs, "Legacy" and "Allies," will be coming to the game this quarter.

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Re: The Old Republic Losing Subs; Gaining Add-ons

May 8, 2012, 08:46

durandal

I still think they made a horrible mistake to make this an MMO. With that much budget and effort they could make an amazing single player RPG experience worthy of KOTOR successor, probably with some breath taking graphics. But nooooooo. Let's make a generic WoW clone with Starwars skin. It was painfully obvious, even from first couple of quests, that Bioware's narrative-heavy storytelling style is conflicting with its own MMO elements in EVERY DAMN OCCASIONS. Hello Mr. !... What's that? Kill 10 rats you verbosely say with lots of spoken dialogue? Okay. GRIND GRIND GRIND Here are ten rats, Mrs. ?. Now you can give me that verbose ramble again which has next to nothing to do with the grind I'm going through. And no matter how good the voice actors are, how compelling the quests' stories are, there are always someone with a stupid name over their head running by, and "Barrens chat" going on on the top of the screen, ruining the immersion.

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