40% of all Star Wars: The Old Republic sales made through Origin

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 2 February, 2012

More publishers sign up to EA's digital platform.

Nearly 40 per cent of all copies of Star Wars: The Old Republic sold to date were bought through Origin, EA has announced.

The daily active users peak at more than one million players.

EA issued a note today announcing a raft of publishers who have jumped on board EA's Steam rival, including Alan Wake developer Remedy, Focus Home Interactive, Iceberg Interactive, Strategy First, Macro Games, Selectsoft and Legendo Entertainment.

The likes of Warner Bros, THQ, Capcom, Trion and Robot Entertainment were already on board. 21 publishers are now signed up.

Origin has over 9.3 million registered users. Since its June 2011 launch it has generated over $100 million in revenue.

"The momentum that we've achieved with Origin since launching in June has been incredible, buoyed by great games and great partners," said Origin boss David DeMartini.

"Our fast-growing user base demonstrates the interest from gamers across the world in fully-connected, 365-day digital game experiences. We're committed to evolving and expanding Origin to help players get the absolute most out of their games, and we're just getting started."

Meanwhile, EA announced a raft of impressive The Old Republic statistics that highlight its early success some six weeks after launch.

It is the fastest-growing subscription MMO ever, has sold over two million copies, and has over 1.7 million active subscribers.

Servers have been available for more than 99.5 per cent of the time outside of scheduled maintenance, EA said.

A new game update, featuring more content, new game systems and additional guild features, is scheduled for release in the spring.

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Comments (19) Latest comment 3 weeks ago

  • SweetMrGibs #1 3 weeks ago

    Round One....

    Fight!

  • Mellissa #2 3 weeks ago

    Shame that Game can't say they had the other 60%.
    .

  • rtk79 #3 3 weeks ago

    I know nothing about digital distribution. Is a publisher actually putting anything at stake by signing on Origin ?

  • nikobe #4 3 weeks ago

    100% of my Origin purchases will be that one Starwars order

  • arcam #5 3 weeks ago

    @rtk79 What do you mean? I guess you could say they are putting something at stake by bringing revenue to a rival publisher, but other than that I don't think there is.

  • Quickstick4 #6 3 weeks ago

    How many of those users were due to BF3? That is the ONLY reason why I have origin - and it was "might as well seeing as I now have origin" i got Star Wars.

  • Zaiz #7 3 weeks ago

    "Our fast-growing user base demonstrates the interest from gamers across the world in fully-connected, 365-day digital game experiences. We're committed to evolving and expanding Origin to help players get the absolute most out of their games, and we're just getting started."

    You mean Steam?

    9 million is an impressive total? There's about 4.3-4.4 million people on Steam -daily-. You guys are still losing, and hard.

  • rtk79 #8 3 weeks ago

    @arcam I mean : does a publisher pay EA a fee to have their games up ? Are they risking anything by adopting Origin as a store ? What are the usual terms involved in digital dsitribution ?
    Edited by 1 at 02/02/12 @ 16:22

  • kondortamã¡s #9 3 weeks ago

    Because thats the ONLY way to buy it digitally! If the game would be also sold on Steam, and other digital distributors, and still got 40% on Origin, than THAT would be a flawless victory for EA. But that's not the case...so....Origin still sucks!

  • Whizzo #10 3 weeks ago

    Retail copies of SWTOR don't need to be registered on Origin which seems like a weird thing for EA to not enforce as it'd bump up their stats.

  • HeNiCiDe1988 #11 3 weeks ago

    seems to miss that the only reason people jumping to it is because if people want games they only available on it not because it a good service. Like if this was the case and it still was on steam then it would be a victory, so EA please shut your mouth or stop your fingers making propaganda


    But star wars is star wars, definitely gonna peak- but what the hell is remedy doing? seriously lost the plot and I hope they still put stuff up on steam but man really going down in my books as developer after max payne 2.
    Edited by 2 at 02/02/12 @ 16:30

  • HeNiCiDe1988 #12 3 weeks ago

    @rtk79 well basically with steam-steam takes 10% of the profit. But I dont know what the arrangements are on Origins and I am pretty sure EA wouldnt miss a beat to make lots of money.
    Edited by 2 at 02/02/12 @ 16:32

  • Liam64 #13 3 weeks ago

    I hope they carry on being successful, competition is never a bad thing as far as consumers are concerned.

    It's also worth remembering that everyone hated Steam seven years ago too.

  • Subquest #14 3 weeks ago

    I somehow read the headline as 40% off the price of SWTOR. Wishful thinking maybe, as there's no fucking way on earth I'm paying £59.99 for the Digital Deluxe edition, especially you can't buy the standard edition on Origin at all.

    In defense of Origin, however, there's nothing wrong with it bar the pricing, and it's not like Steam is much better for recently released titles.

  • nikobe #15 3 weeks ago

    "Our fast-growing user base demonstrates the interest from gamers across the world in fully-connected, 365-day digital game experiences."

    fast growing = Star Wars and BF3

    interest from gamers = playing only those games

    fully-connected, 365-day digital game experiences = stopping origin running the moment you don't have to run it

  • StooMonster #16 3 weeks ago

    @rtk79

    does a publisher pay EA a fee to have their games up ?

    In digital stores, the usual fee is percentage of sales value.

    Are they risking anything by adopting Origin as a store ?

    Financially not as it's another distribution channel, which actually reduces risk.

    However, strategically they are as they are helping a competitor by giving them revenue which is not usually considered good business practice.

    What are the usual terms involved in digital distribution ?

    The 'usual' terms are 30% to platform holder, but there's a slight bit of variation around that.

    We don't know what Origin's terms are, but I would imagine they are pretty similar to industry best practice.

  • Triggerhappytel #17 3 weeks ago

    @HeNiCiDe1988

    You sure Steam only takes 10%? That seems very low, considering both Apple and Xbox Live are about 30%. But it wouldn't necessarily surprise me with Valve, who often seem to place good business and sustainability above being greedy.

    Anyway, it's early days yet with Origin, but more competition is never a bad thing. Good luck to 'em.

  • Nephirion #18 3 weeks ago

    Does this equate to 40% of gamers are stupid?

  • Stratix #19 3 weeks ago

    Actually, IIRC, Steam doesn't take a flat percentage, it is negotiated.