Comments on: Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is Golden; Pricing Not So Bad Either

By: DanVanCool

DanVanCool — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:42:26 +0000

The AOC crew still has kinks to get over as many online games do when they first come out. Let them work it out them, then judge for yourself.
If you like it, play on. If not, have fun playing somthing else. Id rather not read other people try to convince me the game aint worth it.
The game it great, and Im enjoying the few hours a week I play it.

Im just glad something decent is out that has to do with Conan and his world.

By: J Man

J Man — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:36:03 +0000

For those that feel the price is too high…We won’t miss you in game.

This is not far off from any major MMO that has been released in the last 5 years. DAoC, CoH, SWG, WoW…all about the same. The only one that really broke the rules was Guild Wars and, in my opinion, you got what you paid for it.

By: Ron Whitaker

Ron Whitaker — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:32:27 +0000

The viability of the pricing model depends solely on one thing: How well can they support the game?

If FunCom is able to provide regular content updates (free of charge, of course) along with tweaks, balance, etc… through patches, then the pricing model is viable. That’s how WoW got to be the 800 lb. gorill ait is today. People decided that the work Blizzard put into was worthy of their $15.

We’ll have to wait and see if AoC elicits a similar response.

By: taintedzodiac

taintedzodiac — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:36:05 +0000

There’s a core difference between paying $14.99 for a game’s online features and paying $14.99 for a pizza: you can get both a pizza and online gaming for much cheaper. I expect a $15 pizza to be delicious, just as I expect any game that costs $15 a month to be much better than this one is going to be.

By: huh?

huh? — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:59:16 +0000

So… a year costs like… $180?

I am never willing to pay that much for a game…

By: Stephany

Stephany — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:33:07 +0000

Even better

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:28:12 +0000

Its 60 for the xbox 360 version which won’t be out for a long long time. However, for the regular PC version its 50 dollars… see here http://www.ebgames.com/browse/ProductMerch.aspx?groupid=10

By: Stephany

Stephany — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:22:19 +0000

Actually, for once in my life, I was not being sarcastic.

It is not really THAT bad. Like I said, forego ordering pizza with breadsticks and a 2-liter once a month and you are covered. I don’t mind paying for something that is quality, but if the game ends up sucking, then it will not be worth 2.00 a month.

Now, the price of the disc itself, yes, I have to agree with you there – esp considering it is usually console games that cost that much.

By: erathoniel

erathoniel — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:17:18 +0000

Seriously, for $60 with a MMO, gimme free multiplayer. Or my own server.

By: cybrpunk

cybrpunk — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:12:47 +0000

How is that not bad pricing? $60 for a PC game is $10 more than normal for a launch title. And $15 a month is the high-end for monthly fees for MMOs. Perhaps Stephany was being sarcastic? I can’t see any other reasoning.