Originally Posted by
Crowe
People really need to gain some perspective before making uninformed decisions.
WoW has 10 Mio. players world-wide. That includes large parts of Asia, South America, North America, Europe and Australia.
Based on the unreliable information we have about subscribers, roughly 40-50% of them are located in NA and EU. That's 5 Mio subscribers in those 2 regions.
SWTOR is only being released in NA and EU for now. Estimating 5 Mio. players would mean it would surpass WoW. Very unlikely.
If SWTOR goes really well, it could potentially peak at 3 Mio. subs for a short period. That's still 60% of WoW's player in NA and EU. I think 2 Mio. is more realistic.