EA Blames Casuals For Falling Old Republic Subscriber Numbers

[Lunar Templar]

yeah .... its the casuals ....

not ya know .... the game it self being totally underwhelming and dull.

I'll stick with City of Heroes, thank you very much

 

[Freechoice]

Medal of Honor made money?

[sub][sub]Must... not... add... "u"... to... "honor"[/sub][/sub]

Why the fuck do you wanna misspell it?

We could ask the same about Americans

the whole damn english language is adaptations and misspellings from other languages... way to turn this into a nationality issue.

although, to be quaint, this is an american based website, if you really wanna nitpick, it's gonna be honor.

(although the prick you quoted probably didn't realize most words are spelled different across seas, rather than all english being the same.)

HEY THANKS, BUDDY.

And I'm not the one who started it.

This [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.374462-EA-Blames-Filthy-Casuals-For-Falling-Old-Republic-Subscriber-Numbers#14508767] is the one that started it.

I'm not really seeing what Zhukov started *looks a bit closer* hmmm, it's as I suspected, he started nothing!

Seriously, he said "must not add "u" to honor" because us across the pond spell honour with a "u". Just like we spell colour with a "u" and Americans don't. It was clearly just a joke and you're the one who got all serious and jumped down his throat about it. You, sir, are the one who started it.

Uh, no. It had fuck all to do with the topic and he just did it to be a pedantic anglophone. Like every other one on this site. There is only one pedantic anglophone that manages to do it right and he's got a web series.

 

[Mikeyfell]

Are you sure it's not just people lashing out at Bioware for their dwindling quality of late?

Could this be the first successful gaming boycott?

Or maybe it's just what I said before Old Republic was even released. I believe it went a little something like: "You can't compete with WOW and you're stupid for trying"

Either way I'm glad to see Bioware suffering.

I hope you're glad to see them "suffering" as a reminder to retain the qualities which made their previous games successful. If you enjoy them suffering for the sake of suffering, I find that unhealthy.

Honestly I haven't played Old Republic because I don't like Multyplayer (Which is why I liked Bioware so much) So I don't even really know if it's good or not.
But according to the evidence they released two very bad games (DA2 ME3) in the span of making Old Republic.
One of which is arguably the most important game release in history. (Mass Effect 3 was basically the make or break moment for the future of player controlled narrative series, and to be charitable with my descriptive adjectives it was completely FUBAR)

So even if the death of The Old Republic means Bioware can return to it's former glory they already fucked the most important thing they'll ever do.

So honestly I'm not sure if I want them to suffer "back to what they once were" or just dissolve and fade away entirely. It is possible that I just want them to suffer for hurting the future of single player gaming, because the thought of their next game being as good as their pre Old Republic stuff might make what they've already done even worse. (Because anyone with half a brain could tell Old Republic was doomed to fail from the get-go)

 

[Freechoice]

Well that's what's great about this site - it's community-friendly.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The staff, maybe. The community?

Make sure you address it to Greg.

Carter, here's [http://www.textnovel.com/images/20197/1331797037_cookie.jpg] a cookie for making it a Grey day for Elcia.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

Medal of Honor made money?

[sub][sub]Must... not... add... "u"... to... "honor"[/sub][/sub]

Why the fuck do you wanna misspell it?

We could ask the same about Americans

the whole damn english language is adaptations and misspellings from other languages... way to turn this into a nationality issue.

although, to be quaint, this is an american based website, if you really wanna nitpick, it's gonna be honor.

(although the prick you quoted probably didn't realize most words are spelled different across seas, rather than all english being the same.)

HEY THANKS, BUDDY.

And I'm not the one who started it.

This [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.374462-EA-Blames-Filthy-Casuals-For-Falling-Old-Republic-Subscriber-Numbers#14508767] is the one that started it.

I'm not really seeing what Zhukov started *looks a bit closer* hmmm, it's as I suspected, he started nothing!

Seriously, he said "must not add "u" to honor" because us across the pond spell honour with a "u". Just like we spell colour with a "u" and Americans don't. It was clearly just a joke and you're the one who got all serious and jumped down his throat about it. You, sir, are the one who started it.

Uh, no. It had fuck all to do with the topic and he just did it to be a pedantic anglophone. Like every other one on this site. There is only one pedantic anglophone that manages to do it right and he's got a web series.

I think you need to go and get your bottle of warm milk and stop taking things so seriously.

 

[Hagi]

I must say, I'm a tad confused about stuff like this.

Did any rational person not expect this to happen?

1. SWtOR was extremely overhyped, like most MMO launches are nowadays.
2. SWtOR whilst in my opinion a very good game, wasn't (obviously) the best MMO mankind has ever created or will ever create.

The logical conclusion follows:

A large amount of players unrealistically believing it to be the best MMO mankind has ever created or will ever create ended up disappointed and stopped subscribing.


This news does not mean SWtOR is dying. 1.3 million players is a very respectable population unless you're the type of person who believes MMOs require 10 million players in order to be called a success.
It merely means there were 400.000 players who got carried away by the hype and purchased a product they didn't really want.

SWtOR did not loose 400.000 subscribers from it's core playerbase as much as it had 400.000 additional people who were not part of it's core playerbase pay for it for a few months.

I believe SWtOR is a good game, not an amazingly awesome game. It won't be remembered as anything but another MMO 20 years from now besides possible mentions of the first MMO doing story and companions if that catches on. But it's definitely not an overdone pile of shit destined for F2P in a few months.

 

[Freechoice]

Medal of Honor made money?

[sub][sub]Must... not... add... "u"... to... "honor"[/sub][/sub]

Why the fuck do you wanna misspell it?

We could ask the same about Americans

the whole damn english language is adaptations and misspellings from other languages... way to turn this into a nationality issue.

although, to be quaint, this is an american based website, if you really wanna nitpick, it's gonna be honor.

(although the prick you quoted probably didn't realize most words are spelled different across seas, rather than all english being the same.)

HEY THANKS, BUDDY.

And I'm not the one who started it.

This [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.374462-EA-Blames-Filthy-Casuals-For-Falling-Old-Republic-Subscriber-Numbers#14508767] is the one that started it.

I'm not really seeing what Zhukov started *looks a bit closer* hmmm, it's as I suspected, he started nothing!

Seriously, he said "must not add "u" to honor" because us across the pond spell honour with a "u". Just like we spell colour with a "u" and Americans don't. It was clearly just a joke and you're the one who got all serious and jumped down his throat about it. You, sir, are the one who started it.

Uh, no. It had fuck all to do with the topic and he just did it to be a pedantic anglophone. Like every other one on this site. There is only one pedantic anglophone that manages to do it right and he's got a web series.

I think you need to go and get your bottle of warm milk and stop taking things so seriously.

Do you have an actual response or are you just going with the accusatory argument?

 

[mrdude2010]

Medal of Honor made money?

[sub][sub]Must... not... add... "u"... to... "honor"[/sub][/sub]

I still always accidentally add the u to "honor" and "color," and I haven't lived anywhere that uses that spelling for years

OT: Maybe if it wasn't subscription based, and maybe if EA wasn't filled with massive moneygrubbing twats with no concept of how to make a decent distribution system that gamers will like, their games would maintain sales. I become extremely disappointed in my fellow consumers every time EA pulls their latest bullshit move and people still buy their games.

 

[mrdude2010]

Medal of Honor made money?

[sub][sub]Must... not... add... "u"... to... "honor"[/sub][/sub]

Why the fuck do you wanna misspell it?

We could ask the same about Americans

the whole damn english language is adaptations and misspellings from other languages... way to turn this into a nationality issue.

although, to be quaint, this is an american based website, if you really wanna nitpick, it's gonna be honor.

(although the prick you quoted probably didn't realize most words are spelled different across seas, rather than all english being the same.)

HEY THANKS, BUDDY.

And I'm not the one who started it.

This [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.374462-EA-Blames-Filthy-Casuals-For-Falling-Old-Republic-Subscriber-Numbers#14508767] is the one that started it.

I'm not really seeing what Zhukov started *looks a bit closer* hmmm, it's as I suspected, he started nothing!

Seriously, he said "must not add "u" to honor" because us across the pond spell honour with a "u". Just like we spell colour with a "u" and Americans don't. It was clearly just a joke and you're the one who got all serious and jumped down his throat about it. You, sir, are the one who started it.

Uh, no. It had fuck all to do with the topic and he just did it to be a pedantic anglophone. Like every other one on this site. There is only one pedantic anglophone that manages to do it right and he's got a web series.

I think you need to go and get your bottle of warm milk and stop taking things so seriously.

Do you have an actual response or are you just going with the accusatory argument?

you were the one throwing random ad-hominem accusations around.

 

[Adventurer2626]

It wasn't good enough to justify no eating, heat, or electricity the rest of the semester so I stopped giving them money. Also I have a lifetime sub for Lord of the Rings Online to tide me over > But hey, TOR is the best online exclusive single player rpg I've played to date.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

Medal of Honor made money?

[sub][sub]Must... not... add... "u"... to... "honor"[/sub][/sub]

Why the fuck do you wanna misspell it?

We could ask the same about Americans

the whole damn english language is adaptations and misspellings from other languages... way to turn this into a nationality issue.

although, to be quaint, this is an american based website, if you really wanna nitpick, it's gonna be honor.

(although the prick you quoted probably didn't realize most words are spelled different across seas, rather than all english being the same.)

HEY THANKS, BUDDY.

And I'm not the one who started it.

This [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.374462-EA-Blames-Filthy-Casuals-For-Falling-Old-Republic-Subscriber-Numbers#14508767] is the one that started it.

I'm not really seeing what Zhukov started *looks a bit closer* hmmm, it's as I suspected, he started nothing!

Seriously, he said "must not add "u" to honor" because us across the pond spell honour with a "u". Just like we spell colour with a "u" and Americans don't. It was clearly just a joke and you're the one who got all serious and jumped down his throat about it. You, sir, are the one who started it.

Uh, no. It had fuck all to do with the topic and he just did it to be a pedantic anglophone. Like every other one on this site. There is only one pedantic anglophone that manages to do it right and he's got a web series.

I think you need to go and get your bottle of warm milk and stop taking things so seriously.

Do you have an actual response or are you just going with the accusatory argument?

I already gave you a proper response when I told you Zhukov did nothing wrong and that you were the one that started the ad-hominem ranting for something that was no more than a joke.

Your original post was

A. Wrong about misspelling considering we spell honour with a u

and

B) came across as hostile with the unnecessary swear word in the post.

Now go to your corner and calm down.

 

[BodomBeachChild]

Think I'll just stick with EVE online, casuals don't honestly exist in that game.

Indeed. For a game that is 9 years old and to still be the only MMO with a growing fanbase that shiat says something.

Fly safe o7


And for those who think EVE is a boring spaceship game I bring you
http://tacticalentertainment.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/eve-wtd.jpg

Because nothing says "Exciting space adventure!" like an organizational chart.

Oh, and I love how the entire PvP section is "be a massive dick to everybody else"

Someone let the obvious fly right by. That chart is all the jobs and activities to do. PvPing in EVE is risky. Not everyone in EVE is a dick, but when it comes to combat you have to expect people to be vicious. It's not WoW where you just get back up and fight. If you can't take the fact that battles are ment to be aggressive and violent than you should stray far from this.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Yeah, casual players downloaded a 35Gb MMO just to check it out.

 

[lord's voken]

old republic should have never been an mmo in the first place. there is no reason why another party member couldnt be controlled by a player if they wanted to add mulitplayer but going the mmo route was a sad cash grab. it had found its niche and should have stayed there.