I dunno, I've seen other games turn a big profit after going F2P. I'm not going to go doom and gloom for a while yet.
How long until TOR shuts down
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Considering its a well made game with a good story and some really nice PVP (don't know about the PVE), so long as they don't fuck up there business model it will last a long time.At this point its a better designed game then WoW, but WoW is king because most people can only handle one MMO and considering most MMO players have friends who play WoW then either the WoW player has to convince his friends to quit, leave his friends behind to play TOR or just keep playing WoW. Its pretty much a monopoly. But not that it is free to play more people will give it a try and it would be easier for a WoW player to get his buddies to try it out with him. After all, who wants to pay $180 a year for WoW?
I've got 5,000 hours + of guild wars logged.Ghostwise said:
I've preordered Guild Wars 2 (Collector's Edition).
Anarchy Online is still my favourite game of all time.
^_^
DDO was the first major MMO to embrace FTP after starting with a subscription model. After going FTP, their subscriber numbers doubled in the first three months.
Not players, subscribers.
Some people remain idiots about FTP. It was understandable a couple of years ago, but it seems like we've had this discussion again and again on these forums and some folks just cannot seem to wrap their heads around the fact that MMOs have historically seen very very lucrative returns after embracing a FTP model.
TLDR: OP is grinding an axe, does not understand FTP
Not players, subscribers.
Some people remain idiots about FTP. It was understandable a couple of years ago, but it seems like we've had this discussion again and again on these forums and some folks just cannot seem to wrap their heads around the fact that MMOs have historically seen very very lucrative returns after embracing a FTP model.
TLDR: OP is grinding an axe, does not understand FTP
Final Fantasy XI, a subscription based game released around a decade ago, is still chugging along with a playerbase of a couple hundred thousand. They just announced a new expansion for it - like, the eight one?
I think TOR, a year-old, Star Wars-licensed game with a million players that's about to switch to F2P will be just fine.
I think TOR, a year-old, Star Wars-licensed game with a million players that's about to switch to F2P will be just fine.
I had to quote you because GIR is dancing almost perfectly in time with the song I'm listening to.Windcaler said:
OT: It's kinda odd, I figured the fusion of Star Wars and MMO could have been the game that finally challenged WoW. Suppose EA's investors thought so too.
It won't shut down. The world is full of idiots that will buy any old shit in the cash shop.
The only thing that can shut it down any time soon is enough of the staff thinking 'Fuck this' and leaving and the new people being even worse.
Maybe when all the uber casuals that only care about story and are still playing through their 1st 2 characters finish them all then it might die.
A better question would be is it a failure?, based on that Forbes 'artice'.
The only thing that can shut it down any time soon is enough of the staff thinking 'Fuck this' and leaving and the new people being even worse.
Maybe when all the uber casuals that only care about story and are still playing through their 1st 2 characters finish them all then it might die.
A better question would be is it a failure?, based on that Forbes 'artice'.
Well, I'll finally pick it up if it means I can run through the storylines without interacting with other people for free. I don't give a fuck about flashpoints that shit over the Mandalorians, or about PVP bullcrap. I just want to see the story missions on my own and solo them without a monthly fee.
But the sooner this is over with, the better. TOR is the Killzone of the MMO genre. Hubris made manifest. Killzone 1 was the Halo Killer that failed spectacularly to achieve its goals. It was decent enough, but nowhere near the level that Sony was pushing for it to be in 2004.
The same thing is happening here. Bioware, inexperienced with making MMOs, and EA, bragged about their WOW killer, and look what happened. 2 million players tops, before dropping under 1 million in less than a year. It looks and plays like a game four years too old, doesn't bring enough new to the table, and just fails to deliver on its promises.
How much of that 300 Million dollar budget was spent on the game, and how much was paid to Blur Studio to make eye candy trailers?
But the sooner this is over with, the better. TOR is the Killzone of the MMO genre. Hubris made manifest. Killzone 1 was the Halo Killer that failed spectacularly to achieve its goals. It was decent enough, but nowhere near the level that Sony was pushing for it to be in 2004.
The same thing is happening here. Bioware, inexperienced with making MMOs, and EA, bragged about their WOW killer, and look what happened. 2 million players tops, before dropping under 1 million in less than a year. It looks and plays like a game four years too old, doesn't bring enough new to the table, and just fails to deliver on its promises.
How much of that 300 Million dollar budget was spent on the game, and how much was paid to Blur Studio to make eye candy trailers?
It's managed to reel me in already with F2P. Already got my Friends to get it too so we can do some mad Sith nonsense.Fappy said:
Being F2P certainly helps it at any rate, especially to people who have never played a MMORPG and want to ease into it like me. Never glanced at WoW and its free trials because i knew its subscription fee's was not something i wanted to be apart of. I really like these Micro transactions.
If the hunk of crap that is DC Universe Online is still going strong on the F2P model, I doubt TOR will immediately crash and burn what with being an honest effort.