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700.000 registered accounts in AoC
700.000 registered accounts in AoC
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Submitted by Phantomar (732) at 7:54AM PST on June 30, 2008
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1mrahaju posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 6:13PM PST on July 2, 2008. RE: 700.000 registered accounts in AoC@lstormy10,
I agree that 2 Million is a lock, and 2.5 - 3 Million is a possibility.
I believe the question is :
Should it be priced over 3 Million ?
Is the 3.72 Million price 2 weeks ago the right price, or should the price only 3 Million (Current price) Maximum ?.
I mean, if the right price is 3 Million, I wouldn't bother investing in it NOW. If the price should be 4 - 5 Million (half of WoW), then we should invest in it. If the right price is lower then 3 Million, we shouldn't bother (shorting at current price is not profitable).[ Oracle ] [ Level 23 ] [ Rank: 9 ]bids
2lstormy10 posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 11:57AM PST on July 2, 2008. RE: 700.000 registered accounts in AoC@pilias_simber,
Yeah, MMOs on average have much longer legs than normal games like a FPS or action game. MMOs on the PC are almost guaranteed to get better as time goes by and patches are applied - making them more appealing to gamers. And we all know that MMOs are ripe targets for expanision packs that generally boost the sales of the base title also. I have no problem seeing this title meeting or exceeding the current prediction of around 3 million copies.[ Oracle ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 294 ]bids
1pilias_simber posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 11:43AM PST on July 2, 2008. RE: 700.000 registered accounts in AoC@Mushashi,
It seems that AoC is growing at a fairly substantial rate, theres no reason to assume that those sales will drop off significantly within the next couple months, at which point the game could be in the 1.2-1.5 million range. These types of games tend to have longer legs than normal games.[ Oracle ] [ Level 22 ] [ Rank: 122 ]bids
1Mushashi posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 9:47AM PST on July 2, 2008. RE: 700.000 registered accounts in AoC@pilias_simber,
I do not know if I believe the game is under or correctly valued at present, with only 700K subscribers, it is already #2 subscription MMO in the west:
"In the second month after release it is also clear that Age of Conan has taken the position as the undisputed #2 subscription MMO in the western world."
WoW has over 4.5 million western subscribers
Sales of this game will have to continue to show good growth to support higher projected GLS as Asia will add 120% to current subscription numbers if this game has similar popularity to WoW in Asia compared to Europe and NA. With addition of Asian launch, you can estimate that subscriber base could be around 1.6 million using WoW subscriber ratio.[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 5 ]bids
1pilias_simber posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 9:21AM PST on July 2, 2008. RE: 700.000 registered accounts in AoC@Mushashi,
We haven't even seen AoC launch in Asia yet and it's already doing really well. I think the sales data shows that AoC is undervalued.[ Oracle ] [ Level 22 ] [ Rank: 122 ]bids
2Mushashi posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 8:55AM PST on July 2, 2008. RE: 700.000 registered accounts in AoC@pilias_simber,
WoW reached 800,000 sales in less than 3 months in North America alone.
"In less than three months, it had already sold over 800,000 copies in North America.With a subscriber base of more than 750,000 players and peak concurrency of over 250,000 users, World of Warcraft is now the biggest online game in North America."
AoC has reached over 700,000 accounts since launching in Europe, North America and Oceania. I would say from that information that it is selling at similar or a little better rate than WoW as those WoW numbers are only for North America.
For WoW European launch, it sold 380,000 in first weekend alone.
European WoW launch sales[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 5 ]bids
2pilias_simber posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 6:56AM PST on July 2, 2008. RE: 700.000 registered accounts in AoCbids
2mrahaju posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 7:48PM PST on July 1, 2008. RE: 700.000 registered accounts in AoC@pilias_simber,
Do you have link that back up your statement "WoW took 4 months to reach 800,000 sales" ? Without supporting link, we might made a wrong decision based on wrong data.[ Oracle ] [ Level 23 ] [ Rank: 9 ]bids
1pilias_simber posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 7:35PM PST on July 1, 2008. RE: 700.000 registered accounts in AoC@mrahaju,
The drop is something I don't entirely understand. Obviously this game is going to do less than WoW, but it is doing extremely well in sales.
Just a comparison, WoW took 4 months to reach 800,000 sales, Age of Conan is selling at a much faster rate than that. Its entirely reasonable to see AoC doing 4-5 Million once it hits Asia, which is where the majority of WoW subscribers currently are. It's not atypical for these games to continue to sell for years after they release.
Age of Conan is way way undervalued ATM.[ Oracle ] [ Level 22 ] [ Rank: 122 ]bids
1mrahaju posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 8:17PM PST on June 30, 2008. RE: 700.000 registered accounts in AoC@apujanata,
Looking at the price, which has gone down from 372 two weeks ago to 279 today, I think market expectation have gone down significantly.[ Oracle ] [ Level 23 ] [ Rank: 9 ]bids
1apujanata posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 7:37PM PST on June 30, 2008. RE: 700.000 registered accounts in AoC@Phantomar,
Is this fact (700K registered) in line with the stock price ? I don't have any experience converting registered to sales #, so any sharing is welcome.[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 14935 ]bids
18Phantomar posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 7:54AM PST on June 30, 2008. Article: 700.000 registered accounts in AoC
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I think the answer depends on what you're basing estimates on.
If you're comparing AoC's sales to that of WoW's sales we're looking at 4-5 million easy, especially considering how fast this game has sold and the strong continued sales already displayed now with the game going on it's 2nd month. The popularity will only rise with patches, improved gameplay elements, and expansions, and as word of mouth gets out there. The only thing holding this game back is the M rating that restricts a massive demographic from getting the game.