What this game needs is NOT more dungeons

[Susanoh]

Just conveniently ignore the 500k daily average quoted there, which being an average means it's distributed across all days and being they just reached it is on the increase. What doesn't it tell us? A lot, but way more than forum posts that say nothing people haven't said for years about every mmo ever, including ones that are still around and proving a solid investment.

I didn't comment on that part of the article because for one thing, I wasn't sure of the context it was being used it (is it the average this week? this month? all time?) but more importantly because the thing I'd be most interested in seeing is the number of people actively paying to play this game, because that is generally the mark of a long term successful MMO. Someone could have brought out a bunch of quotes for SWTOR citing its massive success and argued the success of the theme park model shortly after its release, but now it's not exactly what people would consider the shining example of success. I'm not saying the same will certainly happen to this game, but that we can only wait and see what happens. The theme park design is not fool proof, and it's not unheard of for a game with good or even great success to fizzle out as soon as people get bored or the next big thing comes out.