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Star Wars Galaxies - Fastest Selling MMOG Ever

Posted by simoniker on 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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  1. Wow ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    who knew there were so many people living in their parent's basements ... this can't be good for the economy!!

  2. So they sell it fast. Big deal by Anonymous Coward · · 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. :)

  3. Fast selling...but can they maintain it? by deanj · · Score: 4, Informative

    You'd have to be living under a rock not to have heard about this game in the first place. It's been a long time since they starting hyping it, and it's finally out. It should be no surprise that a franchise like that would make a lot of money initially.

    I've been playing since Beta 3. Initially, I was most worried about the graphics performance of the game, seeing how bad it was near the end of Beta 3. I was pretty happy to see they seem to have cleared most of that up.

    I've been playing for a week now (off and on...mostly off, since I have a real life), and initially I was pretty happy with it.

    But right now, I'm sitting here wondering... "Well, what next"? I'm not sure how they're going to maintain people's interest in this game. I've made my way to the first tier of exp in the game, (one of initial professions you have to start with), and now I'm on my second tier.

    Unlike Everquest, in which it was pretty clear what getting more experienced in something would get you, it's not all that clear in SWG.

    They've always said that this was a game where you could "live Star Wars". Well, I can tell ya, it must be pretty damn boring most of the time down on Tatooine....

  4. And the sheep return in thier flock... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It doesn't matter how crappy this game is or what the bugs and shortcomings are. Media has proven once again that the idle minded player will flock to their beloved franchise name like a bull to a red flag without thinking.

    I really wish people would take a critical view of the content before shuffling over to a store and handing over their money because "Duh... it's Star Wars! Dats da best!"

  5. Yeah, it would be nice if it actually worked. by JavaLord · · Score: 4, Funny

    I post this now, because the servers are down on Star wars Galaxies. I blocked off a section of my time (ie this whole weekend) to play but the servers have been down as much as up. What you aren't hearing is that they pull down the servers for 4 hours a day every day for maintaince. On top of if something goes wrong (ie today.) They've had about 7 hours of DOWNTIME for my server today and when I try to go into my character select screen, my almost uber guy is standing there NAKED with none of his items and his HAIR is gone. It looks like he was the victim of a prison rape. Needless to say, I don't think they will be getting my money when the free month is up. It's nice that they have a built in macroing system though. It's almost like building an aimbot into a first person shooter.