Star Wars Galaxies - Fastest Selling MMOG Ever

Posted by simoniker on Sunday July 6, 2003 @01:43AM from the ker-ching-goes-the-registers dept.

Thanks to several readers for pointing to a LucasArts press release announcing Star Wars Galaxies has attracted more than 125,000 users in its first week, an all-time MMORPG sales record, and something LucasArts call "..the single most successful introduction of an MMO to date." This PC MMORPG is thus far proving extremely popular, despite teething troubles, and the press release also mentions the development team "..is working on a variety of new features, such as player-owned ground vehicles and player cities, along with substantial new content to be added on a regular basis throughout the coming months."

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So they sell it fast. Big deal by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-06 02:20 · Score: 4, Insightful

The whole point is to keep the players in game so you can feed off them like some cheap crack dealer.

Give it 6 months then look at the figures. A lot of friends who left the MMORPG I play in have since come back to the game (Neocron), so the taste of the game is going to appeal more to SW Fanbois and EQ junkies. :)