Eric Brown – Corellian Run Radio

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The Release Window is Still the Release Window…

Sep 202011

Investor conference call time! Which means it was also time for rampant speculation on what we may know or not know about when SWTOR will be released. When the dust settled, and Stephen Reid hopped onto the official forums, it turned out that nothing had really changed — the fans just like to get excited whenever there is release date talk.

The facts:

SWTOR is still targeted for holiday release, which means sometime before the end of 2011

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Episode 32: The View From the Red Zone

Sep 122011

Serge Tries Not to See Red

Serge from SWTOR-Life joins us to discuss the latest updates and to give a “red zone” perspective on game release. The team comes closer than ever to losing Fact or Fiction. Kathy picks her Advanced Class based on outfits. Roxanne doesn’t understand mail. Serge doesn’t understand junk mail.

FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s challenge concerns rep grinding, The Lost Suns, and PvP commendations.

More Show Notes and Comments after the jump. Continue reading »

Release Date Unchanged By EA Shareholders Meeting

Feb 022011

UPDATE: On Friday Stephen Reid closed the target release date thread started by Sean Dahlberg back in October 2008. In that thread Sean announced Spring 2011 as the target release date. Stephen directed readers to his new post regarding BioWare’s release date. The official release window is no longer “Spring 2011,” but “this year after the end of EA’s fiscal 2011.” Hmmmmm……

Yesterday’s quarterly meeting did not provide any new insight into BioWare’s stated target release date of Spring 2011. EA CFO Eric Brown told callers that the game would ship “calendar 2011, but after the close of fiscal ’11,” which is a bigger window (April 2011-December 2011) than what the fans have been hearing. This has led to some debate about whether these release date statements contradict each other. Although we were disappointed that rumors of pushback were neither confirmed nor denied, we did enjoy some of the lighter moments such as the discussion on lightsabers vs. swords.

Listen to TOR Syndicate’s audio post of TOR-related portions of the conference call here.
Read Darth Hater’s live blog of the conference call here.
Read Ask A Jedi’s live blog here.

SWTOR Doesn’t Need Millions of Subscribers

Dec 082010

At the UBS Annual Media and Communications Conference in New York, EA Games CFO Eric Brown told Eurogamer.net that SWTOR looks to financial success by taking the long view. “Our assumptions for break-even and profitability are not seven digit subscribers,” said Brown. “We think we can run and operate a very successful and profitable MMO at different levels.”