Comments on: FunCom Claims 700,000 Age of Conan Subscribers

By: Chosen One

Chosen One — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:56:25 +0000

AoC is okay till u get to 80 (max level). Lack of end content, lack of PvP motivation, lack of armor visuals (u are going to look like the rest of ur class at all levels), problems with gem duping that makes a character terribly overpowered making possible to kill another player in 1 shoot. With each patch the game gets more broken and not more fixed.

My sub ended 3 days ago and im glad i didnt continue. The game has potential but needs a lot of work, and FunCom cannot do it.

By: Mantastic

Mantastic — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:08:48 +0000

Everyone in that game can stealth (successfully) That game is broken to shambles. I cancelled my account after about a week. It simply wasn’t worth the head ache. It seriously has a world of potential, however it falls terribly short. I hated wow because it was far too toony, however I renewed it after half a year and appreciated it for it’s accessibility, and simple genius. Oh and buyers beware, when you buy Age of Conan, you will be paying for a beta version (((It is that bad)))

By: Airwolf

Airwolf — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:40:40 +0000

Conan has been around since the 1920ties. Read Robert E Howards stories. They are both modern in style and very exiting. The comics; Savage Sword and Savage Tales are classics and the early Barry Smith stories from the 70ties, about young Conans adventures, are entertaining even in this Day and Age . The Comic “Conan the Barbarian” is still going strong and sells reasonable well in several countries. Enjoy the many entertaining aspects Arnold Schwarzenegger silent performance as the sword swinging barbarian… My guess is that Conan will still be around 100 years after Howard took his own life.

By: Me

Me — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:17:13 +0000

Quote: “With more than 700,000 accounts created so far….”

Accounts created and subscribers mean two different things.

This is just another misrepresentation in a long line of them made by Funcom. They make the statement “we will continue our marketing spend to further drive numbers in the months to come”. Translated, this means more deception and misleading statements by this company. If you played AO, this should be no surprise to you.

By: observant

observant — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:01:49 +0000

Everyone who buys the game and signs up for the free trial is going to have an ACCOUNT. This does not mean that they will SUBSCRIBE past the first free month. This article is based on a misinterpretation of Funcoms press release.

By: Davn Kincade

Davn Kincade — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:13:51 +0000

Yeah, i agrre with you for the most part Lano….i don’t think that AoC is going to be -huge- but at the same time i don’t think it’s going to be extremely small either.

It looks to be a decent game..i might give it a go eventually.

By: Lano

Lano — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:25:23 +0000

With the direction the game is going with all the patching, the extremely advanced engine and substantial amount of Hyborian lore I would estimate anywhere from 400k – 800k easy, and that’s on a low curve. Realistically I believe more along the lines of double that, far in advance of the sub numbers of LotRO. WAR may do well considering Mythics flare with DAoC, but from what I have seen it appears to be just another cartoon game so it may appeal to some kids or geeks, not to anyone with any sense of taste.

By: orion

orion — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:59:55 +0000

Game hasnt even been out a year and people are bashing it. Thats incredible. Like the other poster said bugs need worked out and im sure the game will hold its own. Having played EQ1 for years – switched over to AoC and having loads of fun. Played WoW and Ao for a while and went back to EQ1 and now im here. Long live Aoc….and if it doesnt –back to EQ1 i guess, because it certainly isnt going to be WoW……..

P.S.–Dont forget how many people are angry because there machines wont play AoC because of the superior graphics to most of the MMORPG’s out there.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:49:07 +0000

# RoboSteel says:
July 7th, 2008 at 10:13 am

Over 11 Million vs. 700,000. WoW for the win. Rest in piece AoCrap

oh hai WoW fanboi

AoC really has a long way to go until they can actually start building up their player base. once the bugs are gone and classes have had their problems fixed then the game will be on it’s way to the top.

By: Davn Kincade

Davn Kincade — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:28:16 +0000

Sorry for the by your name, forgot to erase it

By: Davn Kincade

Davn Kincade — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:16:17 +0000

@EveNatico

Indeed?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns9oAGnK9CU

You’re right! the 20+ year old winers take the place nicely…if they’re not having a stroke over rats then it’s about carebears/bot miners/and so on and so forth both on the game and in the forums.

EvE has beautiful graphics, beautiful music, a nice combat system…and the same arrogant, immature gamers that plague -every- MMO.

By: EveNatico

EveNatico — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:18:35 +0000

The best game out there is Eve Online.
No immature, 5 year old whiners.
No terrible, laggy servers

Just a beautiful, mature, fulfilling MMO!!! Long Live Eve Online!!!

By: Ron Whitaker

Ron Whitaker — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:39:10 +0000

One should also keep in mind that FunCom can directly thank WoW for its early success. When WoW launched, 200K players was a phenomenal achievement, simply because the genre was so small. Let’s face it, outside of EQ and UO, there was little to nothing else, and neither of those games ever brought a lot of new players to the genre.

Now WoW has grown MMO’s from a niche to a powerhouse, and as a result of that, AoC can get 700K accounts in a relatively short amount of time. The true test will be whether they are able to sustain that growth, or whether all those folks are simply trying, leaving, and heading back to WoW.

This isn’t unique to AoC either. Warhammer will face the exact same challenges, once it FINALLY launches.

By: Lewis

Lewis — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:24:20 +0000

Well considering it has gained 700K in a month, I believe that utterly owns WOW’s 200k in the first month of release. So in 5 years time (How long WOW has been around for) I would not be suprised if it overcame WOW’s 11 million subscribers by an extra 50% as this game is currently the fastest growing MMORPG to date, so eat that you WOW fans

By: Johnny

Johnny — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:23:11 +0000

Yeah… when it’s all said and done… I’ll give AoC about 500k subscribers for about a year…. then it will fall down to around 100k or so and warhammer comes out. Then 6 months after that… most will have returned to WoW. Just the way it is. It will be a very long time before another game consistently keeps anything of 500k and more than likely it will come from blizzard.

By: RoboSteel

RoboSteel — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:13:59 +0000

Over 11 Million vs. 700,000. WoW for the win. Rest in piece AoCrap

By: Soriin

Soriin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:44:21 +0000

The title is misleading. The quote says that number is “accounts created” which is not equivalent to subscribers.

Also if you take into account the millions on WoW, then 700K really doesn’t negate the statement “most gamers are under 17.”

By: Rollett

Rollett — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:42:33 +0000

That number is going to drop abrutply really soon…

By: Hekynn

Hekynn — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:39:46 +0000

WOW! Keep it up FUNCOM!