As most would suspect, the reason for Star Wars Galaxies closure was due to The Old Republic. Over Entertainment held its SOE Fan Faire in Las Vegas. SOE's President John Smedley indicated that Galaxies was closing because of the upcoming release of BioWare's MMO.
" ‘It was time to turn it off. We have a contractual relationship that’s ending in 2012, The Old Republic launching, a bunch of other business things with LucasArts,’ Smedley said. ‘And then you look at the odds of a pretty large portion of the audience moving to TOR, which looks like a terrific game. I think that’s going to be really well-received by the population.’ "
Who knows, maybe eventually TOR will shut down MMO giant World of Warcraft.
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