Depending on who you ask, SWToR’s transition to the Free-To-Play (FTP) model was one of the best or worst decisions balance of the game for those who aren’t willing (or can’t) spend the money. 20734y
On the other hand, some might argue that the subscription model was originally criticized by the press and still carries a lot of stigma associated with it. More recently however, Electronic Arts announced that their decision is paying dividends that allows them to invest more to the development of the game.
Regardless of which side of the argument each one us stand, we can all agree that it’s a good thing when SWToR gets good press coverage. It tends to raise interest in the game that is only augmented by recent and list also included games like DOTA 2, League of Legends, Rift and others.
Even though the inclusion of recruiting for the guild I belong to and have been seeing alot of people coming back to experience the new content. Among them is a good number of Star Wars Galaxies fans who never played SWToR before.
In conclusion, some positive press coverage doesn’t institute a trend but it certainly shows that SWToR fans.
