It may not be World of Warcraft money, but Star Wars: The Old Republic has done quite well for itself since its 2011 launch. In a recent earnings report, Electronic Arts (which owns BioWare) said that the MMO has earned nearly a billion dollars in its lifetime. That’s a pretty good return on the investment of its development, which ended up being close to $200 million.
“Believe it or not, we are close to $1 billion on Star Wars: The Old Republic revenue from the start of its history,” EA CFO Blake Jorgensen said on the call. “So it’s a business that just keeps on going. We like those types of businesses.”
SWTOR launched its Onslaught expansion last week, the first such pack since 2016’s Knights of the Eternal Throne. Check out Larry’s first impressions of the expansion, of which he says, “I think that if you wanted a storyline that gets back to the war in SWTOR, then Onslaught does that, and does it very well.”
Source: Gamespot. Thanks Michael, Kevin, and Chad!