Star Wars: The Old Republic Made $163 Million Last Year

<p>Since moving to a free to play pricing model&comma; Bioware&&num;8217&semi;s Star Wars MMO The Old Republic seems to be performing well and made &dollar;163 million in revenue during 2013&period;Originally released with a subscription based model&comma; poor fan reaction and a dwindling player base caused Bioware to rethink their strategy&period; The gamble may have paid off as The Old Republic was the fourth biggest MMO in 2013&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The data comes from a new report into the MMO market by SuperData Research&period; Unsurprisingly&comma; the report found that Blizzard&&num;8217&semi;s World of Warcraft was 2013&&num;8217&semi;s biggest MMO with earnings of over £1 billion and a 36&percnt; market share&period; NCsoft&&num;8217&semi;s Lineage came in second place with earnings of &dollar;253 million and a 9&percnt; market share&period; This pretty impressive when you consider that the game originally launched back in 1998 and that it is no longer available in the Western market&period; SuperData also revealed that Bethesda&&num;8217&semi;s The Elder Scrolls Online managed to gain 772&comma;347 subscribers by the end of June&period; The game is currently a PC exclusive but console versions are expected to launch in November&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can see the top 10 MMOs of 2013 below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;07&sol;05090528&sol;top-MMO-2014-the-old-republic&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-63664 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;07&sol;05090528&sol;top-MMO-2014-the-old-republic-1024x615&period;jpg" alt&equals;"top MMO 2014 the old republic" width&equals;"750" height&equals;"450" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;articles&sol;wow-was-the-top-subscription-mmo-in-2013-star-wars&sol;1100-6421191&sol;">Gamespot<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;