Honestly, given how much hype surrounded CO prior to launch and then how much more hype surrounded STO -- not to mention the fact that the Cryptic site has been up for a good two to three years now -- it's really not very impressive at all.

They're basically saying that over the course of a couple years and the release of two games they've managed to pique the interest of only about 5%-8% of the total MMO player base.

WAR hit a million beta tester applications and did so in a shorter period of time, all before the game had barely even started inviting testers.

Sorry, Cryptic but let's be fair. Even if I was in love with your games I still wouldn't be very impressed by this announcement. What's more, the fact that you tried to spin it in your initial announcement as specifically being all this huge enthusiasm for STO just shows me how deceptive your practices are. The fact that you've since printed a clarification merely reminds me of Bill Clinton saying that "it depends on what your definition of 'is' is."