There were a lot of people interested in playing the Star Wars: The Old Republic beta apparently. Â According to Gamasutra, EA’s CFO Eric Brown claims that around 2.4 million people registered for SWTOR beta testing.
“The game itself has a huge pre-existing fan base. Â We had about 2.4 million people register for the Star Wars fan site, over 2 million of which volunteered to do beta testing for free.”
According to the CFO, Thanksgiving weekend had almost three quarters of a million players logging an average of 12 hours over the three day beta. Â We were in that group, and you can find our impressions on the SWTOR beta here.
Star Wars: The Old Republic is set to release on December 20th in North America. Â Copies will be limited in the early goings of the launch of the MMO, as EA has said they want to keep the launch as smooth as possible.
