perfect timing with this coming out 2 weeks before.

http://www.swtor.com/

SE can't catch a break, and it's delicious.

now to wait for the February announcement that they lost so many subs they are pulling the plug
lol

update:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/32350-Could-we-have-Paypal-as-a-pay-method-instead-of-click-and-buy-DEVS-please-answer.?p=507900#post507900
usable payment methods not yet ready.


http://blog.esuteru.com/archives/5551028.html
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsRBPKP4ZpxJdGxJRllOeGthVVhTM1NZSHJ2WDFWdGc&hl=no#gid=1
player numbers seem to be in the 10-15k range. (out of about 630k copies shipped, lol)

Haha SE, that's what you get for trying to be stubborn and not listen to your customers.