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Funcom swaps game director in hopes of saving Age of Conan
Funcom swaps game director in hopes of saving Age of Conan
Ars Technica - September 17, 2008
Submitted by noobie (468) at 12:33PM PST on September 17, 2008
The story of Age of Conan is depressing: though the game had an excellent launch with tons of promise, the follow-through in post-launch simply wasn't there. In the hopes of saving what could be considered a sinking ship, Funcom has appointed a new producer and game director for the title.
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1BishopB posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 12:41AM PST on September 19, 2008. RE: Funcom swaps game director in hopes of saving Age of Conan@apujanata,
I see it as an increase in potential customers, possibly more populated worlds. My big question is if a mmo is equally playable on a console? Chatting is very important for a mmo, and it is impossible to write at resonable speeds without a keyboard. In Europe voice communication is not that popular due to all the various languages as most can write decent english, but not speak it properly. Then again one can just plug in a keyboard in the console.[ Speaker ] [ Level 16 ] [ Rank: 600 ]bids
1apujanata posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 6:48PM PST on September 18, 2008. RE: Funcom swaps game director in hopes of saving Age of Conanbids
1BishopB posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 10:59AM PST on September 18, 2008. RE: Funcom swaps game director in hopes of saving Age of Conan@vGInfidel,
Given that the game has already sold over 100dkp and it is less than 6 months into its 2-4 year lifespan I think you are overly negative. The game is in many ways very good, and with the right brush up it could become what many hoped. If the new producer and game director has what it takes, I don't know, but one can hope. :)
The game is set to be launched in Russia and on Xbox within the next year. The new feature film about Conan (release 2009?) should also work as a pretty good marketing campaign for the game.[ Speaker ] [ Level 16 ] [ Rank: 600 ]bids
1vGInfidel posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 5:24PM PST on September 17, 2008. RE: Funcom swaps game director in hopes of saving Age of Conan@apujanata,
It gives credit to my evaluation that the game doesnt have legs, and in my opinion the current stock price at the moment is definetly factoring large MMO legs, that it doesnt appear to have. I think its still overvalued and should be in the 100-140dkp price range.[ Oracle ] [ Level 22 ] [ Rank: 150 ]bids
1apujanata posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 4:54PM PST on September 17, 2008. RE: Funcom swaps game director in hopes of saving Age of Conan@noobie,
This is confirmation, of sorts, that this game either doesn't have legs, or couldn't keep up the registered player.
Is the current price reflected this latest news (means the stock is correctly priced already), or is the stock still overpriced ?[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 14935 ]bids
18noobie posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 12:33PM PST on September 17, 2008. Article: Funcom swaps game director in hopes of saving Age of ConanThe story of Age of Conan is depressing: though the game had an excellent launch with tons of promise, the follow-through in post-launch simply wasn't there. In the hopes of saving what could be considered a sinking ship, Funcom has appointed a new producer and game director for the title.[ Oracle ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 468 ]
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What is your source for the game already selling a million copies? The last count i had it at was 800k.
The game has already lost hype, its userbase is already shrinking, and this is being shown by frankly terrible sales in PC charts across the globe. The game not appearing in Top 20 lists, and it being beaten by year old FPS's shows that it has NO LEGS.
I know that it is being released in Asia at somepoint in 2009 and i am factoring that into my prediction. Heres why i think it wont sell in Asia.
-Its userbase (people who actually play it regularly) has shrunk dramatically, not enticing to new players than a thriving community on others.
-Anyone who does play it will have a massive advantage over new Asian players, they wont like this.
-It is a western styled game, which has never been popular in japan - note 360's lack of success as it is mainly western.
But mainly
-Its sheer amount of competition.
The game will already be practically dead by the time the film comes out.
So my numbers for this are, 800k in the west, with no legs i think that 1million lifetime estimate would be generous. And then Asian sales which i believe will be under 500k, and possibly quite a way under 500k. Hence my 1-1.5million price range.