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Age Of Conan Biggest MMO Launch Since WoW

Funcom proudly announces that Age of Conan is now passing the one million copies shipped milestone, and with the game still selling out across the western world the number of subscribers should continue to grow at a steady pace. They're calling it the biggest simultaneous Europe/US game launch in history. Of course all of this success leads directly to the inevitable WoW-based marketing blurb.

“Sales data shows that Age of Conan is the biggest MMO launch since World of Warcraft,” says Funcom Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Morten Larssen. “The numbers are very promising, and we are very proud to be one of the fastest selling PC games ever in a launch month and the biggest simultaneous Europe/US MMO launch in history.”

I honestly never thought Age of Conan would do this well. Before I actually got my hands on the game all I had seen was some rather under impressive videos and a few lovely screenshots, but now here we are. Now let's see if they can get the promised features like PVP leveling turned on and get the bugs ironed out before they lose a good chunk of that million.

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8:40 AM on Fri Jun 6 2008
By Mike Fahey
23,785 views, 106 comments

Latest by n/a: @Odin: It'll last until then. The problem will be exactly how many people are willing to stick around and let them work on delivering the stuff that is still broken. In the age of instant gratification, it seems most mmo more »

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WoW Killer Would Cost A Billion

Think you've got an idea for an MMORPG that could completely kick World of Warcraft's ass? Well Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has some words of discouragement for you. According to the big boss, even attempting to take on WoW would set you back anywhere between $500 million and $1 billion dollars, and even once you've scraped together the cash there's still a chance you'd fail.

"We don't think that even if we made the USD 500 million or billion-dollar investment to get a product out [to compete with WOW] that we would even be successful doing it," he said.
Kotick points to the massive amount of cash that has already gone into the development of failed MMO product, doubting that even a company as well-managed as Activision would have a chance at making a profit in the sector. If you can't beat them, join them, eh Bobby? So is that it? Is World of Warcraft the de facto king of MMOs, never to be dethroned?

$1 billion investment needed to take on World of Warcraft - Kotick [GamesIndustry.biz]

9:20 AM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By Mike Fahey
5,252 views, 140 comments

Latest by silentkill1314: So far Wow is the number 1 MMO game out right now but sooner or later its going to come to an end just like every other good game that just goes boring over time. As the article says up more »