EA held a conference call yesterday to discuss its third quarter earnings report, and our friends at Darth Hater were listening in to liveblog all the details regarding Star Wars: The Old Republic.

According to EA CEO John Riccitiello, at "half a million subscribers or so the game is substantially profitable, but it's not the kind of thing that we would write home about. Anything north of a million subscribers, it's a very profitable business."

EA also confirmed that Star Wars: The Old Republic is scheduled to ship in 2011, sometime after March. Head over to Darth Hater to read more quotes from the call.

[Other sources: Gamasutra, Eurogamer]