AOC - one of the fastest selling PC game

Over the weekend an astounding amount of concurrent gamers were logged on to the game, making Age of Conan one of the busiest MMOs in the western hemisphere. With stock flying out of several retail chains, Funcom expects the number to increase in the days to come. In addition to the many gamers logging in, there was also substantial traffic to the Age of Conan websites, with more than 2,2 million unique visitors during the last ten days.

As a result of the great launch, players and press have been raving about the unique qualities of the game, and the first 20 reviews give Age of Conan an average score above 90%. The first US reviews are also live, with Gamezone.com giving the game an Editor's Choice Award, a 9.4 of 10 score, while heralding Age of Conan as a "Benchmark MMO". Sci-Fi.com was also an early mover and gave the game a straight A, stating that "If Robert E. Howard had been a game designer..., this is the Conan he would have invented."

"The initial sales and reviews are very encouraging, and it's great to see that so many are enjoying Age of Conan," said Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas. "This is just the beginning, and we already look forward to massive updates and cool new features. We believe our focus on making Conan unique and groundbreaking is a key reason for the initial success. This is a focus we will keep and reinforce, and players can expect continued quality and innovation as we enter a new era for the game."

Sigh, if only other none MMORPG games would sell like this there wouldn't be any problem with the PC.

Funcom is proud to announce that Age of Conan is one of the fastest selling PC games of all time. More than 400.000 gamers have entered Hyboria over the last few days, with almost half coming from the North American market. This amazing figure for a PC game shows that the positive pre-order trend has transferred into actual sales, and people from all over the world are now flocking to the most savage, sexy and brutal MMO ever created.

Over the weekend an astounding amount of concurrent gamers were logged on to the game, making Age of Conan one of the busiest MMOs in the western hemisphere. With stock flying out of several retail chains, Funcom expects the number to increase in the days to come. In addition to the many gamers logging in, there was also substantial traffic to the Age of Conan websites, with more than 2,2 million unique visitors during the last ten days.

As a result of the great launch, players and press have been raving about the unique qualities of the game, and the first 20 reviews give Age of Conan an average score above 90%. The first US reviews are also live, with Gamezone.com giving the game an Editor's Choice Award, a 9.4 of 10 score, while heralding Age of Conan as a "Benchmark MMO". Sci-Fi.com was also an early mover and gave the game a straight A, stating that "If Robert E. Howard had been a game designer..., this is the Conan he would have invented."

"The initial sales and reviews are very encouraging, and it's great to see that so many are enjoying Age of Conan," said Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas. "This is just the beginning, and we already look forward to massive updates and cool new features. We believe our focus on making Conan unique and groundbreaking is a key reason for the initial success. This is a focus we will keep and reinforce, and players can expect continued quality and innovation as we enter a new era for the game."

Sigh, if only other none MMORPG games would sell like this there wouldn't be any problem with the PC.

Sinotek

Lol.

Hopefully more money = quicker content updates and fixes, more in-game GM's and a quicker /petition response.

If they can manage that and get things rolling quickly, AoC can really do well.

Hopefully more money = quicker content updates and fixes, more in-game GM's and a quicker /petition response.

If they can manage that and get things rolling quickly, AoC can really do well.

TheCrazed420

I have very little faith in FunCom, so I expect to see the smoky ruins sooner than later.

I expected this initially, as this is really overhyped as most MMOs end up. But I doubt this will take off too much as the system requirements are really steep for the average player and by the time most people have a comp to play AOC they will be waiting for the next MMO most people cant play.potentv

Ah yes, but because it's a subscription based game, once they have the serious gamers, with the hardware to run it (because those two typically go hand in hand) they don't need NEW customers. I think their problem will be retention though. From what I've heard the leveling is very quick, TOO quick. Maybe it'll get nerfed, or they have something fun for endgame that has yet to surface. Only time will tell...

As for the boobs, I don't think that was it, but the mature content in general helped, of that I am sure! The 20,30,40+ year olds gamers I know are fed up with the cartoonish crap we've been force fed lately...

Pretty impressive for a mature MMO with steep requirements.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/876/876591p1.html

Link? To AoC? To sales numbers? To boobs? Or something Zelda related?KillOBKilled

sales numbers.

Edit: nvm, i found it for everyone else http://pc.ign.com/articles/876/876591p1.html

Hopefully more money = quicker content updates and fixes, more in-game GM's and a quicker /petition response.

If they can manage that and get things rolling quickly, AoC can really do well.

TheCrazed420

I definitely wouldn't mind that. I was ganked at a respawn point and as a nice bug, I couldn't respawn anymore. I made a petition but according to the math I made, it would have taken over 24 hours for a GM to respond.

Hopefully more money = quicker content updates and fixes, more in-game GM's and a quicker /petition response.

If they can manage that and get things rolling quickly, AoC can really do well.

TheCrazed420

Money hasnt made WoW patchs any faster :(

[QUOTE="TheCrazed420"]

Hopefully more money = quicker content updates and fixes, more in-game GM's and a quicker /petition response.

If they can manage that and get things rolling quickly, AoC can really do well.

Meu2k7

Money hasnt made WoW patchs any faster :(

I know, I'm living in a dream world. :P

But imo, if they want to succeed in keeping all of these people past their 30 days free, they need to show us how competent they are.

Sinotek

you sound like a spokesperson, trying to advertise the game.

Its selling fast because there is boobs in the gameArtosa

^ Sadly, I would have to agree. I thought about this buying this game, but then I remembered how having a M rating doesn't affect the maturity of the people who play it at all. I think I'll wait for a trial.

Am I the only one who wishes to hear the same kind of news for a non-WoW, non-Sims, non-MMO PC game to have the same success in sales? phatkav

Crysis?

The Witcher?

The Orange Box?

Need I go on?

Am I the only one who wishes to hear the same kind of news for a non-WoW, non-Sims, non-MMO PC game to have the same success in sales? phatkav

• The Sims (50 million,70 million including expansions)
• The Sims 2 (13 million)
  • The Sims 2: Pets [expansion pack] (5.6 million)
  • The Sims 2: Seasons [expansion pack] (1 million)
• World of Warcraft (10 million subscribers)
  • World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade [expansion pack] (3.5 million)
• StarCraft (9.5 million, may include StarCraft: Brood War)[172]
• Half-Life (8 million)[173]
• Myst (6 million)[174]
• Guild Wars (5 million in North America, Europe, and Asia; includes Factions, Nightfall, and Eye of the North)[175]
• Cossacks: European Wars (4 million)
• Diablo II (4 million)
  • Diablo II: Lord of Destruction [expansion pack] (1 million)
• Half-Life 2 (4 million)[178]
• Populous (4 million)[179][180]
• RollerCoaster Tycoon (4 million in North America)[181]
• Doom 3 (3.5 million)[182]
• EverQuest (3.5 million)[183]
• Theme Park (3.5 million)[180]
• Age of Empires (3 million)[184]
  • Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome [expansion pack] (1 million)[184]
• Civilization IV (3 million,[28] may include Mac OS X version)
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert (3 million)[185]
• Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (3 million)[186]
  • Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne [expansion pack] (1 million)[187]
• Anno 1602 (2.5 million)[188]
• Cossacks 2: Napoleonic Wars (2.5 million)[189]
• Diablo (2.5 million)[177]
• Battlefield 1942 (2.44 million)[190]
• Battlefield 2 (2.09 million)[190]
• Baldur's Gate (2 million)[191]
• Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2 million)[191]
• Black & White (2 million)[180]
• Civilization III (2 million)[43]
• Doom II: Hell on Earth (2 million)[192]
• Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2 million)[193]
• Neverwinter Nights (2 million)[194]
• Ragnarok Online (2 million North American subscribers)[195]
• Riven (2 million)[174]
• Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (2 million)[196]
• Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (2 million shipped)[197]
• BioShock (2 million shipped, includes Xbox 360 version)[27]
• Sacred (1.8 million)[198]
• Quake (1.7 million)[199]
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (1.65 million)[200]
• Age of Empires III (2.5 million)[201]
• Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (1.5 million)[202]
• Duke Nukem 3D (1.5 million)[203]
• Star Wars Galaxies (1.5 million)[204]
• The Orange Box (at least 1.5 million)[36]
• Battlefield Vietnam (1.34 million)[190]
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1.3 million in US)[205]
• SimCity 3000 Unlimited (1.1 million in US)[205]
• Zoo Tycoon (1.1 million in US)[205]
• Crysis (1 million)[206]
• Age of Mythology (1 million)[207]
• American McGee's Alice (1 million)[208]
• Blade Runner (1 million)[209]
• Dungeon Lords (1 million)[210]
• Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars (1 million)[211]
• Empire Earth (1 million)[212]
• Glory of the Roman Empire (1 million)[213]
• Hidden & Dangerous (1 million)[214]
• Imperivm III: Great Battles of Rome (1 million, distributed only in Italy and Spain)[215]
• Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (1 million)[216]
• Patrician III: L'Impero Dei Mari (1 million, distributed only in Italy and Spain)[217]
• Phantasmagoria (1 million)[218]
• Quake II (1 million)[219]
• Railroad Tycoon II (1 million)[214]
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein (1 million shipped)[219]
• Return to Zork (1 million)[220]
• Runaway: A Road Adventure (1 million)[221]
• Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: SWAT (1 million)[222]
• The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3 (1 million)[223]
• Tropico (1 million)[214]
• Unreal (1 million)[224]
• Unreal Tournament (1 million)
• Vietcong (1 million)

[QUOTE="phatkav"]Am I the only one who wishes to hear the same kind of news for a non-WoW, non-Sims, non-MMO PC game to have the same success in sales? _rpg_FAN

• Cossacks: European Wars (4 million)

Strangely I've never heard of this game. How did it get such high sales?

rpg FAN, I was mainly talking about new games. Something that was released recently in the past year or so.

Didn't Crysis sell 1 million units in 2 months and Crytek was disappointed with the results or something? I don't know about the Witcher and The Orange Box sales but were they high?

rpg FAN, I was mainly talking about new games. Something that was released recently in the past year or so.

Didn't Crysis sell 1 million units in 2 months and Crytek was disappointed with the results or something? I don't know about the Witcher and The Orange Box sales but were they high?

phatkav

Over a million each.

Its selling fast because there is boobs in the gameArtosa

Sigh, if only other none MMORPG games would sell like this there wouldn't be any problem with the PC.

Sinotek

Well there aren't any problems with the PC to beging with so I don't know what the hell your going on about.

[QUOTE="_rpg_FAN"]

[QUOTE="phatkav"]Am I the only one who wishes to hear the same kind of news for a non-WoW, non-Sims, non-MMO PC game to have the same success in sales? GodLovesDead

• Cossacks: European Wars (4 million)

Strangely I've never heard of this game. How did it get such high sales?

:o , Cossacks was an awesome RTS series.

Age of Conan probably have 800,000 subscribers worldwide by now. I wonder how many people came directly from WoW for this game.Jd1680a

[QUOTE="Jd1680a"]Age of Conan probably have 800,000 subscribers worldwide by now. I wonder how many people came directly from WoW for this game.Trilvester

4...thousand....and...300...hours?!

[QUOTE="_rpg_FAN"]

[QUOTE="phatkav"]Am I the only one who wishes to hear the same kind of news for a non-WoW, non-Sims, non-MMO PC game to have the same success in sales? GodLovesDead

• Cossacks: European Wars (4 million)

Strangely I've never heard of this game. How did it get such high sales?

LOL never heard about cossaks :S

Its one of greatest strategies ever XDD Try it

This game has insane amounts of potential but im sorry a MMO with weak PVE content(based on multiple online reviews) is bound to fail, the reason WoW did so great was because its PVE content was extremely well done, you could do a different quest lines with each race. How ever from what ive heard in AoC, the quests are very linear and boring, and its the same quests whenever you start a new character.hikari33

The PVE in AOC is great, i dont know what youve been hearing, but its just as good if not better then wow.

Maybe actually try the game first

[QUOTE="GodLovesDead"][QUOTE="_rpg_FAN"]

[QUOTE="phatkav"]Am I the only one who wishes to hear the same kind of news for a non-WoW, non-Sims, non-MMO PC game to have the same success in sales? _rpg_FAN

• Cossacks: European Wars (4 million)

Strangely I've never heard of this game. How did it get such high sales?

LOL never heard about cossaks :S

Its one of greatest strategies ever XDD Try it

I've been PC Gaming since '98 and just simply never heard of the game. Now I'll to try it.

The thing I find with MMOs is that it consumes your time life a game should, but then all of a sudden you realize the you are bored of the game and have been for monthes... maybe its just me... but i like to speak back to the voices in my head :D:D:Dpotentv

Well MMO or not, I am very glad with AoC's success (and not just becuase I'm playing it). When Warhammer Online comes out later this year, I hope it does very well too even though I won't be playing.Gooeykat

WAR is the one I'm looking forward to. I hope for all decent MMO's to do so well. There seem to be quite a few that are great in principle, but for one reason or another, they get no fan base and plummet. I'm also hoping AoC continues to grow after the initial hype because I think it's great to have a seriously M rated MMO finally! ;)

[QUOTE="TheCrazed420"]

Hopefully more money = quicker content updates and fixes, more in-game GM's and a quicker /petition response.

If they can manage that and get things rolling quickly, AoC can really do well.

Johnny_Rock

I have very little faith in FunCom, so I expect to see the smoky ruins sooner than later.

agreed

Age of Conan probably have 800,000 subscribers worldwide by now. I wonder how many people came directly from WoW for this game.Jd1680a

the entire world MMO community is 16 million, of which WoW controls over 10 million. I don't see AoC coming close to 800k and I don't see Blizzard losing any sleep.

[QUOTE="potentv"]The thing I find with MMOs is that it consumes your time life a game should, but then all of a sudden you realize the you are bored of the game and have been for monthes... maybe its just me... but i like to speak back to the voices in my head :D:D:DOoSuperMarioO

Lmao, that was awesome , in the wrong way :P

[QUOTE="Jd1680a"]Age of Conan probably have 800,000 subscribers worldwide by now. I wonder how many people came directly from WoW for this game.ct1615

the entire world MMO community is 16 million, of which WoW controls over 10 million. I don't see AoC coming close to 800k and I don't see Blizzard losing any sleep.

Didnt lineage II hold the REAL record of 22 million? or lineage ... or something like that.

[QUOTE="hikari33"]This game has insane amounts of potential but im sorry a MMO with weak PVE content(based on multiple online reviews) is bound to fail, the reason WoW did so great was because its PVE content was extremely well done, you could do a different quest lines with each race. How ever from what ive heard in AoC, the quests are very linear and boring, and its the same quests whenever you start a new character.kozzy1234

The PVE in AOC is great, i dont know what youve been hearing, but its just as good if not better then wow.

Maybe actually try the game first

he's right, it is the same quests for every class as you start? the game is an epic failure compared to WoW, you just refuse to see it.

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

[QUOTE="hikari33"]This game has insane amounts of potential but im sorry a MMO with weak PVE content(based on multiple online reviews) is bound to fail, the reason WoW did so great was because its PVE content was extremely well done, you could do a different quest lines with each race. How ever from what ive heard in AoC, the quests are very linear and boring, and its the same quests whenever you start a new character.ct1615

The PVE in AOC is great, i dont know what youve been hearing, but its just as good if not better then wow.

Maybe actually try the game first

he's right, it is the same quests for every class as you start? the game is an epic failure compared to WoW, you just refuse to see it.

You need to relize that people have there own opinions and that your "godly" opinion isnt always shared by others.

[QUOTE="ct1615"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

[QUOTE="hikari33"]This game has insane amounts of potential but im sorry a MMO with weak PVE content(based on multiple online reviews) is bound to fail, the reason WoW did so great was because its PVE content was extremely well done, you could do a different quest lines with each race. How ever from what ive heard in AoC, the quests are very linear and boring, and its the same quests whenever you start a new character.kozzy1234

The PVE in AOC is great, i dont know what youve been hearing, but its just as good if not better then wow.

Maybe actually try the game first

he's right, it is the same quests for every class as you start? the game is an epic failure compared to WoW, you just refuse to see it.

You need to relize that people have there own opinions and that your "godly" opinion isnt always shared by others.

...........no................i can't comprehend such a fantasy world

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

[QUOTE="hikari33"]This game has insane amounts of potential but im sorry a MMO with weak PVE content(based on multiple online reviews) is bound to fail, the reason WoW did so great was because its PVE content was extremely well done, you could do a different quest lines with each race. How ever from what ive heard in AoC, the quests are very linear and boring, and its the same quests whenever you start a new character.ct1615

The PVE in AOC is great, i dont know what youve been hearing, but its just as good if not better then wow.

Maybe actually try the game first

he's right, it is the same quests for every class as you start? the game is an epic failure compared to WoW, you just refuse to see it.

Thats wrong. Depending on your race, after Tortage you either begin in Cimmeria, Stygia, or Aquilonia.

Its clear to me that you, I and others here have firmly planted our views on this game, and dont plan on budging. Calling a game an epic failure when its just showed great first week sales, and oh yeah, only been out a week shows that quite clearly in your case.