To all who deny the might of Conan, hearken to a tale of his unbridled strength! Upcoming MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures isn't slated for release until May, yet it has somehow topped the sales charts for March, according to X Play.
If this isn't some kind of mistake, then Funcom's new title has managed to secure an impressive amount of pre-orders -- quite astounding, and an achievement some are using to present Age of Conan as World of Warcraft's biggest contender yet.
I wish I could make a lot of money out of something I haven't released yet.
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10:05 AM on 03.24.2008
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Or maybe not, I'm at a crossroads.
It's Conan. Conan is a barbarian. People love barbarians.
There's just a huge void in MMORPG land if you don't want to play WoW. The competitors are all getting pretty old (Dark Age of Camelot, Everquests, Eve Online, etc) and nothing new has seemed to grab much attention.
Who preorders games, anyway? Idiots? I've not heard of any PC game selling out, and there is almost always digital distribution. Why would you buy a game even if there is some swag or small discount, if you don't even know if it sucks yet?
To crush your enemies(World of warcraft), get lots of pre-orders, and to hear de lamentations of der wemin.
that does make sense
but, the show has gotten a lot worse
Edit function please.
shrug?
Also, by pre-ordering the game you'll get certain bonuses, in addition to getting the game 3 days before release.
And no, it will most likely not beat WOW, but it will very likely get over 1 million subscribers wich is still very impressive for an MMO.
Also consider that WOW is aimed towards the casual market.
What is so special about this MMO you ask? Well, what is so special about WOW then? You level up to &0-70 and then what? Endless grind! Not to mention the crappy PVP.
In Age of Conan, PVP will be a focus! One of the main feature in this game is that you can do siege battles with your guild.
And equipment wont such a big focus as in WOW. So you probably wont have to grind for a month just to be able to raid a dungeon. Skills will be most important in this game.
I thought about writing a blog post wich sums up the features in this game. Perhaps I will soon.
I would love to give it a try though, it seems pretty good :-)
That may have been slightly off topic, so to rectify this post I will say that Conan video previews remind me of Everquest (yeah the first one) in the worst way. I can see myself playing for a few hours and seeing the cool death blows about fifty times and then going..."so....what now?". </End subscription>
I think you either like MMOs or you don't, like all other genres of games. I doubt most console gamers have any want to pay to play an MMO, which is most people who post here.
stupid that they count pre-orders with the sales...
Always has been this way. Otherwise you'd have a large surge of sales history upon release, but that wouldn't be representative of when the sales were initiated, which is the point of the weekly sales charts. Sure, people can cancel, but people can also return games after release as well.