shikamaru317 said:
Not neccesarily. I could easily see The Elder Scrolls Online being more popular than Star Wars: The Old Republic was, largely due to the huge number of fans that the Ekder Scrolls series acquired from Skyrim. Star Wars: The Old Republic sold 2 million physical copies at release, and who knows how many more digital copies through Origin. I could see The Elder Scrolls Online selling that many copies at release just from the PC version, toss in the console version in June and I could see at least 4 million copies sold at release, and at least 6 million lifetime between all platforms. That right there would pay for a substantial chunk of that 200 million budget. Then you've got a $15 a month subscription fee, Star Wars: The Old Republic still had 1.3 million subscribers 6 months after release, minus the free month that's 5 months x 1.3 million subscribers x $15, that's 97.5 million right there, once again I could see The Elder Scrolls Online maintaining at least that many subscribers, especially since the developers claim that they plan to release new content much more frequently after releast than most MMO developers do, whereas The Old Republic was known for a lack of post release content for several months. |
Agree, people are very mis-informed with MMO's, people who played the beta said it plays just like skyrim, but with hundreds of people and group content. Also third and first person at will.
Also despite star wars not being as good as most hoped they have made their money back at this point.
