Today on Headline
RePLAY: It’s all about numbers as Star
Wars: The Old Republic shows its strength in the Force, Capcom reports
heavy losses and Mass Effect 3 is hitting the mobile and handheld market!
The Force is strong
with BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old
Republic as EA reported the MMO now has 1.7 million active subscribers.
Active subscribers
were defined as players already paying or still in their trial period. EA’s
chief financial officer Eric Brown told Market Watch that EA netted more
subscribers than originally expected.
Since the game
launched late last December, it has sold over 2 million copies.
*Source: Market Watch
Joining the ranks of
Nintendo in the “Start 2012 with Losses” club, Capcom reported a 29% loss in
net sales over the last 9 months of the fiscal year. As a result, the company’s
operating income fell by a massive 47.2%.
However, there was some
silver lining in the report: Monster
Hunter 3(Tri) G sold over one million copies and titles like Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record sold well
overseas.
Additionally, Capcom’s
recent success with mobile games has mitigated some of the financial damage.
*Source: Capcom
Mass Effect 3 is coming for handhelds and mobile devices! But it’s
not going to be on the 3DS or PS Vita or even be a game! …wait, what?
“There will be
"handheld/mobile" products tied to Mass Effect 3, as
noted in our past few earnings announcements. They are part of the Galaxy at
War system. We will have more details to share soon,” an EA rep told Kotaku.
Galaxy of War is a
system in Mass Effect 3 where players
can accumulate “Galactic Readiness” points by playing in the single-player
campaign or multiplayer. The points are then spent to obtain the better endings
in the game.
Other than EA stating that it would involve the Galaxy of War system, whether the mobile/handheld
tie-in will be a game or an app is anyone’ s guess.
*Source: Kotaku
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