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@swtoryeah Dude, total NDA violation right there. You're so getting kicked out of beta.

Like it says right here:

http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?&postid=5754907#post5754907

You do realize the forums are up now?

EA explained the EPS range of $0.70 to $0.90 as being determined most by whether or not SW:TOR launches in Q3 or Q4 (fiscal, not calendar; i.e. holiday 2011 or Q1 2012).

So if $0.20 EPS comes from launch and there are 331,350,000 shares... that's $66,270,000 in earnings from initial purchases and subs.

If the "average" user pays $100 for his copy of the game and a 3-month subscription, that's about 662,700 expected subscribers in Q3 (holiday 2011).

Anyone else want to take a stab at it?

@Dunraven Huh... can you point out to me where in the transcript it mentions that? I must be missing it...

http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/ERTS/1337603538x0x486121/478187ab-cd98-4f9a-bb8e-bd89a4385b07/ERTS_Q1FY12_Transcript_7_26_11.pdf

Thanks.

@Darkmoone No, you are not reading that right. The figures they are giving for past revenue are through June 30, 2011, which did not include the SW:TOR pre-orders. The figures they are giving for future revenue include revised estimates due to the Popcap merger.

You really can't determine any specific numbers about SW:TOR from this information.

Podophobia also trademarked the phrase "Be Brave" as it relates to "Computer game programs; Computer game software; Computer game software downloadable from a global computer network; Video game software".

@Slayblaze The silver lining is that Jack Emmert will get a break from ruining games. May it be a long one.

I would unlock additional legendary item slots.

It was fun enough during beta, but there's no way I can justify $15 to my wife every month when we're barely scraping by paycheck to paycheck.

Especially when I'm still getting mileage out of my Lifetime (Founder / pre-launch) LOTRO subscription.