| If it released now it would be going up against the tail-end of AoC (which might help it really since people are running from it like it's Brian Peppers), WAR and the impending WoW expansion. So no, I don't think it would have 500k subs. As much as the quality of a game matters, quality and timing of the competition is very important.
It's just not enough to have a 'decent' game these days, you have to have a game that stands out amongst its peers and nothing Vanguard does stands out. It's incredibly generic.
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