Fans lose grace with Star Wars MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic fans are getting hot under the collar after it emerged that they may not be able to continue playing the game with pre-release "Early Access" code once the title hits shop shelves. That might not matter so much if developer Bioware hadn't said such a so-called "grace period" would be in force. Star …
While I plan to be getting the game and most likely will be playing the hell out of it, this is typical of EA. They continue to lose focus on the customer and promises made end up being nothing more than bullshit when they finally come time to make good. EA has become a company for gaming that I am very skeptical about due to their lack of support for titles more than a 10 months old (C&C games as of late) and the rushed productions schedules they give everything now just so they can make a buck (BF3).
Knowing how EA is they will some how manage to mar the launch of the game with technical issues and crap customer support.
EA needs to die but unfortunately that wont happen as they have some of the highest priced IP on the market.
"Star Wars: The Old Republic flies onto UK shelves tomorrow, 15 December. Each copy comes with 30-days access, thereafter customers must pay either £9 every month, £25 every three, or £46 for half a year."
Or buy 60d time cards from Amazon for £18: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006FAZ12Q/
Seeing as Bioware seems to have forgotten that Australia was colonised by Europeans over two centuries ago, and left Australia off the beta test list, I think I might hold on to my cash and wait for something more worthy.
Tis a shame too, I was really excited by the preview movie they released..
But that wasn't really an option for those of us who live outside the privilege zone without faffing about with VPNs and such. According to the lovely customer support rep at Amazon they will email me my game code when it is generated so while I'm a wee bit skeptical about that here's hoping it's true.
Although that thing is now off my machine and all traces of it burnt, as it has done it's job - I should get the code via email around 12pm tomorrow and then my last worry will be gone.
Early start worked okay for me, got in on the first wave and have been enjoying playing it - very smooth - much better than beta (although that's probably me realising I hadn't had SLI enabled for 4 or 5 months - it still ran okay on one card, but boy did my graphics cards fans get a workout. Now, not so much.
Looking forward to a good couple of years playing this - we'll see if it lasts the 6 years I managed to play City Of Heroes for.
The early access actually started at midday on the 13th, as they moved the date forward 36 hours. Release date is the 20th
For most physical preorders, there is no problem as they will get the game before release date. Game shipped out my order on Sunday and it arrived this morning. Digital I assume will activate on release date via origin.
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