WoW had 1.5 millions 4 months after relase. AoC already has 700k after 1 month. Impressive! I did not expect to see a WoW killer that soon!

Great work FC!

prepare to be flamed. the trolls are gonna attack this thread big time

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You seriously think this, or any other upcoming MMO, will stand a chance at dethroning WoW?

700k active or sold? there's a major difference.

Originally posted by huxflux2004

WoW had 1.5 millions 4 months after relase. AoC already has 700k after 1 month. Impressive! I did not expect to see a WoW killer that soon!

 

Great work FC!

Sadly thats just activated accounts, not active subs. Wait and see what the real subs are before jumping to praise.

And please, dont PM me again to ask me to stop not liking the game.

"But why so much hate? And don't tell me it is because you payed 50$ and you saw all those broken promises. Cause if you are a veteran gamer (which I suspect you are) you should have bought a million crappy games by now, like all of us. "
 

To answer that part of your PM: The point is we shouldnt have to be accepting of crappy games.

har har the evil hype machine of the devil staff of fc tricked u fools mwhahaha

this will get flamed in 1..

I trust FC. They know their shit...

AoC claimed 550K purchases on release day, they now have 700K.  That means over the last month they only sold 150K boxes. 3 Months from now at that rate they are looking at 1.15M copies sold.(not active accounts but accounts sold)   That is also in a market that has grown by about an order of 10 since WoW came out.

Nice try though.

Hah, this isn't the King, not by a long shot. We don't need a king of MMOs, we need a group of Titans so that everyone can play what suits them best.

AoC is definetely not for everyone...

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Originally posted by oblivionate
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You seriously think this, or any other upcoming MMO, will stand a chance at dethroning WoW?

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I don't think this nor any upcoming MMO that i know of will dethrone WoW but it is an easy target due to the fact that they roll out content so freakin slow.

Actually i think if Vanguard continues to improve the way it has over the last 6 months it obviously won't dethrone WoW but it could start stealing some subs from it.

Originally posted by huxflux2004

I trust FC. They know their shit...

They don't know squat.

Anarchy Online was hideous.

    AoC will have 115k - 135k subs by Dec 1 2008.... long live da king

thats 700k boxes sold. And most polls show at least 30% of the people  quit after the free month. I'm sure there are less than 500k people playing now

Originally posted by huxflux2004

I trust FC. They know their shit...

Seriously, you can't actually believe this.  I play the game and enjoy it, but I'm not going to say AOC is the top game I've ever played, nor that it is a WOW killer (doubt that will ever happen in our lifetime)

How can you say FC knows their "shit".  If you mean how to hype and spin a game, yes, I agree, they are proving to be masters of these subjects.  But the game is clearly lacking in many areas right now, has many bugs and defects (just try and get into the Noble Arena now, or play a female character) and you can't salute FC in any of these things.

AOC mostly works.  That's the best you can say about it right now.  But it certainly isn't a great game at this point, nor can we really predict its long term staying power.

Truthfully, if WAR doesn't blow, it will stomp all over AOC at the end of the year unless FC gets their act together quickly.

Originally posted by Ender4

AoC claimed 550K purchases on release day, they now have 700K.  That means over the last month they only sold 150K boxes. 3 Months from now at that rate they are looking at 1.15M copies sold.(not active accounts but accounts sold)   That is also in a market that has grown by about an order of 10 since WoW came out.

 

Nice try though.

Actually the last number quoted by the director down there is 1 million and they expect them to sell in 4-6 weeks.  So 1 million sold to shops and probably 1 million bought by customers in 4-6 weeks as stated.  If you want to see the report its on one of the other gamesites..not sure I can post here but if you want to PM me then I am happy to give.

For the record I am enjoying AoC but like any MMO if you join an active guild then its 50% of the entertainment.   At war with 5 other major guilds so its pretty much warfare in the streets and isn't that what AoC is all about?

I enjoyed this game 1-20 but like everyone says after the island that was it for me.

LOL Funcom reminds me of Mr. Willam Jefferson Clinton, Quote ( I did not have sex with that Woman ).

Originally posted by oblivionate

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You seriously think this, or any other upcoming MMO, will stand a chance at dethroning WoW?

Wow is about to be "dethrowned" by a crappy ass game called Habbo Hotel. It should pass WoW in subs this month.

So anything is possible...

Originally posted by Unive

I enjoyed this game 1-20 but like everyone says after the island that was it for me.

I share the same feelings. Tortage was where it's at. After that, the game was whack.

Originally posted by chryses

 

Actually the last number quoted by the director down there is 1 million and they expect them to sell in 4-6 weeks.  So 1 million sold to shops and probably 1 million bought by customers in 4-6 weeks as stated.  If you want to see the report its on one of the other gamesites..not sure I can post here but if you want to PM me then I am happy to give.

For the record I am enjoying AoC but like any MMO if you join an active guild then its 50% of the entertainment.   At war with 5 other major guilds so its pretty much warfare in the streets and isn't that what AoC is all about?

 

Not in your wildest dreams m8.

The trend on ALL websites sales for Conan is not a downward trend ... it is a crash.

From position 1 to 90 on amazon.com in about 5 to 6 weeks time. Video games wise

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_8?ie=UTF8&rs=468642&rh=n%3A468642&page=8 it is now lagging behind .

When they could only sell 150K sales in the last 5 weeks, how could they sell 300 K in the next "4-6 weeks". Tell me that please. Oh it is a number quoted by the director of FunCoN. I see.

The only real trends we have now in these latest weeks is the DOWNward selling trend of Conan. It is lagging far behind WAR and WOW now in the new boxes shifted department on amazon. So ... ?

Not even guessing the very  big attrition rates this game gets (just look at LOTRO and TR how BIG this attrition rate is for present day MMO's - 60 to 70% in 4 months time !). (And LOTRO was a dream to play as a polished product btw.)

The game card of Conan is down from 220 to 302 now in just ONE week time. And position 302 is even on PC sales !!! (no longer in the top 1000 of video sales).

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_26?ie=UTF8&rs=229575&bbn=229575&rh=n%3A468642%2Cn%3A229575&page=26

So welcome to the King of broken promisses and lies.

Lies won't sell games in the long run.

Hes got it on one/

Originally posted by huxflux2004

WoW had 1.5 millions 4 months after relase. AoC already has 700k after 1 month. Impressive! I did not expect to see a WoW killer that soon!

 

Great work FC!

True..wow had all those active subs after 4 months...

True aoc had that many ppl that funcom tricked into buying the game...after 1 month its half of 700k subs..after 4 months even less..aoc is the king of minuscle co op player online RPG..and king of half finished and half content games...

King of released payed beta testing games...

FC did a great job at showing other companies what you must NOT do...FC arent useless afterall...thanks

Originally posted by huxflux2004

WoW had 1.5 millions 4 months after relase. AoC already has 700k after 1 month. Impressive! I did not expect to see a WoW killer that soon!

 

Great work FC!

Keep in mind 4 years ago nobody had a single clue what an MMO was. Even today we don't make that huge of a population (other than WoW players, they practically make their own genre of games), back then it was just a starting trend. WoW broke the ice big time. Back then 1.5 million in 4 months is outstanding. With it's growth, whether people like WoW or not, it has definitely opened the doors for the MMO industry 10 years ahead of itself without it. In today's MMO times, 700k in the first month is quite impressive, but not comparable to WoW in it's time.

Short and simple, WoW was a fluke. I consider WoW a completely different genre because it basically holds an equal amount of players compared to every other MMO out there combined. But us of this "MMO" community compared to the "WoW" community are getting tired of it. It's a great game but we all have different tastes. If we consider WoW in this community (which it technically is) than I'd say it's definitely still king and will remain king... AoC as is is nowhere near comparable. WoW is the king of it's own genre, though. Like I said, many of us are sick of it, the other half of MMO gamers not subscribed to WoW.

There is the chance that, with WAR's success, AoC and WAR together can take down WoW. But, it all depends on the comparability to WAR and AoC. If they're both decent enough to provide competition than they'll easily over a year or so's time grow over WoW's population (hopeful thinking). Either WAR will need to have as much of a shaky launch as AoC or AoC will need to fix itself by WAR's launch for this to happen, though. We need both games to provide competition to one another so they can be forced to grow... a win-win situation for the consumer, and overall a win for the developers. I'd say the next 5 months are crucial for the MMO community.

Don't call AoC a WoW killer on these forums... it's definitely not true as it is right now. I haven't read all your responses yet but I'm sure you've already been torn to shreds for this statement.

Originally posted by huxflux2004

I trust FC. They know their shit...

2 letters. A O

King? Yeah right. Unless you mean the new king of unfinished, unbalanced, released-months-early MMORPGs.