NowGamer has spoken to Michael Pachter about the impact Star Wars The Old Republic will have on WoW, and he has given them some interesting stats. Take with a grain of salt.
Blizzard Entertainment has announced the opening of beta registrations for “World of Warcraft: The War Within,” inviting players to explore new subterranean worlds beneath Azeroth.
Danish from eXputer: "Despite Blizzard's attempt to give a fresh new spin to World of Warcraft, some fans still seem to be stuck in the past."
HG writes: "Blizzard is usually pretty bad at keeping secrets, but the company somehow managed to keep this one under wraps until now. Plunderstorm is a special limited-time event that’s basically World of Warcraft’s take on the Battle Royale genre."
Somebody's going to make a whole lot of money.
SWTOR is looking good. It's some solace after the last Star Wars MMO that's for sure.
where was he all this time?
SWTOR will gain 10% of Wow population and 30-40% of everyone elses, plus a shit load of new comers. From what I played of SWTOR beta, i won't buy a game all next year.
WoW will convert 500k users to SWToR. The small decline in
WoW's numbers is on Blizzard. Pandas or god damn light saber wielding Jedis...easy choice and I don't even like Star Wars.