We all assumed that EA put in a lot into Star Wars: The Old Republic, though what we didn’t know was how much. According to Reuters, EA has invested more bones into this game than it has ever. Pretty risky right? Robert W. Baird & Co analyst Colin Sebastian, estimates the company might have spent over $300 million to create “the Old Republic.” This is insane considering how easy it is for MMO games to flop. As a World of Warcraft player myself, I’m very interested in how this game will be received considering it’s supposed to rival World of Warcraft, which has generated over $1 billion, not to mention hearing so many threats in-game about leaving WOW to go onto Star Wars: The Old Republic. One thing I have noticed so far is that SWTOR story line is more relevant in-game than in Wow, where if you care to know what’s going on you sometimes have to do some book reading, though it’s not needed. The graphics seem to be a bit sharper but then again the crappy graphics in World of Warcraft allow almost anyone to play which is why so many people play WOW.

EA has stated they need at the very least, 500,000 subscribers to break even and double that figure to make it profitable. I would be one of these subscribers but they alienated those of us on Macs, so I’ll just continue playing Blizzard games and being bitter on my shiny beautiful computer.