The SF MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, SW:TOR, reported lower revenue in the third quarter of 2014 compared to 2013. This is indicated in the quarterly report by Electronic Arts.
Electronic Arts recently announced the figures for the third quarter of 2014. Overall, they reported an increase in revenue of 295 million US dollars. This increase is largely due to the FIFA and Battlefield franchises, as well as Titanfall.
However, not every game at Electronic Arts generated more revenue than in the third quarter of 2013: The franchises Sim City, Crysis, and Dead Space earned less than the previous year. And also the Free2Play MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic.
The additional earnings of the “Plus” franchises amounted to 476 million US dollars. The decreased earnings of the “Minus” franchises were 181 million US dollars. Thus, they still reached a significant increase of 295 million US dollars. Overall, they remain just under one billion US dollars in the third quarter of 2014. They generated 990 million.
Should SWTOR be worried now?
According to recent information from Bioware, Star Wars: The Old Republic has nothing to fear, as they are looking optimistically to the future. The studio is looking forward to the coming months and years, having a expansion on the way with “Shadow of Revan”, the Star Wars license is also secured, and Bioware hopes for a boost from the next Star Wars film trilogy for the Free2Play MMO.
