Strategy Informer recently had the chance to ask Jorgen Tharaldsen, Product Director for Funcom, a few questions relating to the recently released MMO Age of Conan, which has been released on the PC, but is also expected for the Xbox 360.
Funcom has been quiet about the Xbox 360 version of Age of Conan, so we asked Jorgen Tharaldsen how development for this version is coming along, and he told us that the Xbox 360 version is not the companies key priority as there are a massive amount of PC gamers already playing the game.
It's another Birthday for a successful MMO, this time Age of Conan.
Funcom has released an update for free-to-play Hyborean RPG Age of Conan. This update adds Facebook integration to the game, allowing users to post certain achievements and screenshots directly to their Facebook accounts.
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the best mmorpg in this list,guild wars,wow,rift
missing everquest
least favorite game bought it like 2 days ago and i find it to be a wow clone star wars old republic.
got a level 6 and a level 4 one sith other bounty hunter.
by than who will honestly care?
It seems like a lot of people are not making the 360 their main priority lately... I think this is a sign that the 360 is losing steam to be quite honest
will it be free to play?
obviously i would have to buy the game, but would the monthly subscription cost be included in my xbox live membership?
The game is 25+ GB on PC ... And i canceled my subscription after 2 month cause of the missing end game and the broken stuff and bugs.
Age of Conan WAS the most preordered MMO in recent times with 1 million preorders, that resulted in 900000 subscriptions, that dwindled to less than 400000 in 2 month.
I predict AoC will be canned for 360.
Do the math. If it launches in late 2009 or more likely early 2010, that'll be getting uncomfortably close to the end of the 360's life.
MMO's thrive on sucking players for the long term, to wring every last penny out of them! We're talking getting players to pay monthly for years - if the 360 is going to be old news around 12-18months after AoC's 360 launch it just won't be appealing to most people interested in MMO's.
If MS cut support to the 360 in a similar fashion to how they cut the original Xbox then what chance does AoC have to survive? There's no way I'd subscribe knowing that the 360 was just about to be discontinued.
It would be a much better idea to switch development to the Next Xbox - that way they could also incorporate the DX10 features coming for AoC. Plus, how much buzz could MS generate launching a new console with a solid MMO as a launch title!!