I'm not excited for The Old Republic. If it was still gonna be a single player game like KOTOR I and II then I'd be excited, but as an MMO I'm not impressed. I hope the game does well because its Bioware, but in all honesty I see the game failing. Even being the hardcore Star Wars fan I am, I'll still go for WoW over TOR.
Also its not so much that people don't know about it, its that people don't really care about it. From what I've seen not a lot of people here play MMOs in the first place.
Besides, $210 for the collector's edition? That is a bit excessive...
Not that I'm trying to start a debate on SWTOR here, but I have to disagree with your claims that "people don't really care about it". I've seen just the opposite. SWTOR is everywhere. Everywhere I look it's in magazines, game sites, and so on, and as release draws ever closer that's only going to increase.
Not to mention that people all over the gaming industry seem to be keeping their eye on it in one form or another. To claim people don't care about it is far from the truth-- it seems to me that most people do care about it and are very much looking forward to it. Perhaps not on this forum, but elsewhere, yes. From what I've seen the release is highly anticipated.
I can't really see SWTOR failing. It may not be a smash hit, but I can't really see it being a flop. Will it be as successful as WoW? Probably not, but WoW is a big name to beat. Personally, I can't stand WoW. I've given it a try a few times and I just can't get into it. I find it dreadfully boring.
But I have to ask... Where is the CE $210? Maybe if you're in another country and importing it from the US... But the CE is $150. Believe me, I bought it.
I'm probably the major MMO player on this forum, I have to admit. I've played around 300 and counting. Heh.