Originally posted by Goob

How do you think the air is hanging over at Funcom? Do you feel bad at all, or are you just gonna be a snotty arrogant moron and say its all of their faults and you want your money back..?

FC released something crappy. Why should I feel bad about it? Did I force them to release it? I feel bad cause I bought it and I wasted my money. What is really the point of your question?

Originally posted by Goob

 

And now look at their marketing plan: DEATH NEVER LOOKED SO HOT?!?!

With their sexy tattooed woman giving me a devious look? If I want to look at a sexy female while im spending time in front of my computer, FYI there are better options available, dipshits. She doesn't turn me on, she isn't even real. What turns me on is a good game. This is so embarassing, and led me to actually make a topic for once.. something I normally can't even be bothered to do.

I couldnt agree with this more. There are so many better options out there if I want to look at a hot chick and I am baffled that AoC is putting so much energy by using a fictional pin-up to promote the game when they should be using one of the most powerful and known fictional characters in the fantasy genre to do it. The name of the game is Age of CONAN so use Conan to market the frigging game you cretins.

I feel sorry for the designers, musicians and artists, and the wage slaves. I dont feel a great deal for those in charge because they KNEW what they were doing. Its not like Funcom are a new kid on the block, and they even stated themselves that AO was a disaster in terms of launch...they wanted to improve on it, well they sold more units, but 3 months in....I see things heading the same way as AO.

Its a real pity, because in terms of combat, it is probably the best game on the market. Ive yet to see anything thats current or in development that looks as promising as AoC's melee, and combat is a central part of most MMO's.  In terms of atmosphere and graphics, well its pretty damn nice as well and the dx10 version looks incredible. They should heavily promote the DX10 version.

I hope it makes a resurgence when the shininess of  WAR has worn of. Tbh i dont really think the WoW expansion will matter much, your either gonna play WoW or not, a lot leave it because of its heavy, heavy time requirements. That only gets worse with the expansion

I hope it makes a comeback.  If they worked hard on fixing bugs, reworkign some systems, ie crafting, and added content reasonably efficiently, I see no reason why it shouldnt be in the top 3 mmos for n.a/euro/oceania.

Originally posted by Brokenstatic

 I wouldn't feel bad they made millions, just as Vanguard and SWG, and they ended up being dis-appointments as well. IMPO I think these companies who decide to build MMO's know if they hype it up enough, they make there money back on release sales. So dont feel bad

    AOC sold 800k copies at release,and most at least stayed 2 months (some had 3 to 6 month subs) so lets do the math-please someone point out if im wrong here.

   AOC BOX GAME- $49.95 x 800k<----this could vary a little.=$ 39,960,000.00

 Lets keep this simple, but i'm sure its more!

   AOC monthly SUB $15.00 like I said lets go off the second month-due to the first 30 being free

800k x $15.00 = 12,000,000

   All in total= $52,000,000.00 est.

                  So  Don't feel bad.

This is just absolutey wrong.  First off.  Funcom gets very little from their box sales ( $10 in NA, less in Europe).  Second, they pay about half of the monthly subscriber fee just to keep the servers up ( they use a third party company to host servers).

Finally, they did not make ANY money.  They LOST 8 million dollars between April and June. (when they sold the 800k boxes). 

Yes, Funcom lost LESS money because they hyped the game and tricked people into buying the box.. but they still LOST money.

Originally posted by Azrile

 Second, they pay about half of the monthly subscriber fee just to keep the servers up ( they use a third party company to host servers).

 They are not paying millions per month in rent to 3rd party server farms.

But I agree they are losing money, their stock price says it all.

Yes, I wish they could turn this around. However there is something inside me, some anger that I can not control atm.. I was badly threatened as a customer.

I guess they did not mean to hurt anyone of us, it is just unconsciousness. The best we can do if we have some respect for human beings is to pray for Funcom to turn the tide.

I wish Funcom staff all best luck. Cos it would be a  lovely sight to see them start to respect their customers/player base like they deserve, and start being honest to themself and the very ones who play their game.

Best luck!

If I remember correctly, when your marketing message is down to the "this product makes you cool" message, you are in a real world of hurt.

In the gaming industry, i believe this translates to advertising with stacked chicks that have nothing to do with the game. Most of the banners for games on here feature some hypersexualized chick, and no information on why i should click on that banner.

NOTE TO ADVERTISERS: If you add features the above mentioned tatics, be aware that it immediately drains the game you are advertising of all credibility.

Originally posted by Goob

I feel bad, and get somewhat sad when I think of how things must be going there. So much work, talent, and money into this game. This is such a harsh industry, they messed up and the public is thriving off of thrashing it even bloodier. I honestly feel really bad.

I just imagine the executives walking into a meeting with a picture of the FailCom logo on the projector, to talk about "how the f*ck did we let this happen?". Then the executives walk out of the room in a stiff fury and all the poor designers sit at their desks, afraid to be noticed. Themselves they likely feel angry towards those who pushed the game out the door before they could fully complete and polish their work. It's how these things go in design. Rarely do you get the satisfaction of doing something properly and to the best of your abilities. You just have to make it as good as possible within less than half the time to do it right.

 

And now look at their marketing plan: DEATH NEVER LOOKED SO HOT?!?!

With their sexy tattooed woman giving me a devious look? If I want to look at a sexy female while im spending time in front of my computer, FYI there are better options available, dipshits. She doesn't turn me on, she isn't even real. What turns me on is a good game. This is so embarassing, and led me to actually make a topic for once.. something I normally can't even be bothered to do.

 

How do you think the air is hanging over at Funcom? Do you feel bad at all, or are you just gonna be a snotty arrogant moron and say its all of their faults and you want your money back..?

At Funcom Headquarters...........

They are taking cofee , lots of it and trying new catch lines to promote Age Of Conan.

All are wondering , " How can we fix this or can we even fix this ? "

There are two segments of management decisions going on............

One says junk the game and make something new, the other says no use the Engine in Anarchy Online.

But apart from all this the only thing they are talking about is their behavior towards their gaming community.

Their harsh stupid rules of banning paid gamers as game system molestors.

I really won't like to go and have a look there as i hate going to failed companies and failed parts of the world............

I wonder , " Why they never listened to their community ? "

Is it so hard to listen to your community ?...............

I ask myself , Why does Funcom now renamed as Failcom even try to fix Age Of Conan ?.....

It is really HOT out there ........." The Death Of A Game ..... Looks And Creates An Aura Of Steam ".

Every time i wrote in the " Age Of Conan " topic i have got banned , I wonder , what will happen this time ?

I really love to see so many cry-babies at the same time ;) AoC will probably live on a few years, serve its purpose and give fun to those players who are able to enjoy the game. Such a shame that everyones "death wish" probably won't come true but we who enjoy the game, continue to enjoy it while the rest are bound to find their home, or jump between games and keep crying for attention ;)

I really love to see so many cry-babies at the same time ;) AoC will probably live on a few years, serve its purpose and give fun to those players who are able to enjoy the game.

So what now? you love "cry-babies" and at the same time you beg to leave the fanboys alone?!?!Go ahead, have your fun and enjoin in what you like, so far i see only flames agenst Funcom but not the Players ?!

Such a shame that everyones "death wish" probably won't come true but we who enjoy the game, continue to enjoy it while the rest are bound to find their home, or jump between games and keep crying for attention ;)

Those who flameing Funcom arnt bored or something (well maybe some are), they are simply pissed players who payed for a half-made product. And since those gameing-companys got more power than players got rights, its just fair that players use the Internet as a pillory for companys like Funcom thes days.

Funcom arnt staying alone at such postion, Ubisoft got also hell of problems with ther community (few games sucks and the scandal about the no-cd crack from RELOADED).

How does the games in futher will look like when ther arnt players like us who open ther mouth and simply say the truth? Funcom & co needs to learn(and even know) that they shouldt cheat the players.

sorry about my bad english, but i hope you know what i mean