That's what happens when you make the same game as WoW.  Same game.  No competitive advantage.  Also, monthly fee doesn't help :/

See, Guild Wars 2 won't have to worry about this. They just need you to buy the game and BAM they win. No subscription necessary.

soon f2p

AWESOME

While TOR is AWSOME, it IS to expensive. They should get all those users back with a price drop.

I hope TES Online learns from this....I have read and listened to a few podcasts and they all point to the fact that the subscription model for MMO's is dead....and I think they are right.

To me I can't see spending $60 on a game, buy an expansions they make AND paying $15 a month to play it. IF a subscription MMO was the ONLY game I intended to play..then I could do it...but I think very few gamers just play ONE game.

Am I the only one wanting to suddenly play SWTOR again?

It's just too expensive for me to play an MMO right now. I am looking forward to Guild Wars 2 obviously :]

Too much money and time in development. They had to follow a proven formula, then when they needed another six months. I'm sure EA said, just get it out for holiday season 2011. My thought is that the PVPers are gone. There are only 4 (1 was just added) instanced warzones for 8 on 8 play. Meanwhile, the promised large scale PVP is gone. Bioware admitted to guild leaders that their Hero Engine can't handle it. Not good... mindnumbing repetition and no hope at fixing large scale issues. I'm still playing, the Star Wars license is the only thing keeping me, but me and my friends admit, if we were still hardcore and not family men who play under 12 hours a week, we'd be gone. The PvE and story are good, but the PvP is blah at best. Pew Pew only goes so far.

Once you get past about level 24, it becomes a tiring grind and the worlds are just too difficult to maneuver. And the quest dialog choices start to repeat themselves. Let's not forget the still almost non-existant end game. It just doesn't do anything to embrace people to stay subscribed and play.

OH NOOOOO! Now they will only be making $19,500,000.00 a month instead of $25,500,000.00 a month. Although I do not know the exact cost of development, production and maintenance, those still seem like successful numbers.

BUT, I guess as opposed to WoW's approximately $150,000,000.00 a month, that must seem like failure. Don't worry EA, it's okay if you aren't the best at, or own EVERYTHING.. plus, you get to make money off of used game buyers too. Feel better, poor thing?

Well done EA! You've did it! (sarcasm).

EA, you really love stealing money now don't ya?

If only Lucas Arts would go back and make Battlefront 3. . . (sigh)

free to play

I played this then looked at how much I work... And I honestly work way to much to pay a monthly fee to play a game. I maybe played about five hours a week because of my schedule would keep me away. So honestly and subscription based MMO is just a no go for me.

Suck it MMOs

Release it for Macintosh, then we'll talk.

This game had two problems from the start:

1. Its not as good as a true Knights of the Old Republic 3 would have been and lacks enough content to justify $15 a month after the first month. It might be a bit unique to see an MMO thats so story driven, but it just wasn't the same as playing an offline RPG and once the story content has been seen.... its not worth paying for anymore.  

2. ToR simply was not good enough to appeal to the Star Wars Galaxies crowd. In my limited time playing ToR thats all I heard from people: Fun game, but not nearly as good as SWG was back in the day. Lets face it, ToR was always going to be compared to SWG... and there is no way a WoW clone with a bit more story telling/voice overs was going to be as good.

Thats not to say ToR won't continue to be a very successful game for years to come. However its not going to be this unbelievable smash hit.  

Good... now bring back star wars galaxies.. the true MMO!