General Discussion

Funcom has announced that more than one million people have signed up for the Age of Conan beta and that there have been over five million visitors to the Age of Conan official site.

And more than 5 million unique visitors to the official Age of Conan website in 2008.

Funcom and Eidos are proud to confirm some of the impressive figures powering the Age of Conan launch, and the two companies are happy to reveal that the Age of Conan Beta has passed 1 million sign-ups! As one of the most anticipated MMO’s ever, the 1 million mark confirms the amazing interest in the game.

“Funcom has not been able to find any higher beta numbers for MMOs in the western world,” said Morten Larssen, VP of Funcom Sales and Marketing. “We believe it represents the largest ever beta sign-up figure in the history of the genre.”

In addition to the incredible beta numbers, Funcom confirms that almost 800.000 gamers have signed up for the Clan of Conan newsletter. The hundreds of thousands following the development of the game have moreover resulted in a rapidly growing forum community. Last week Funcom registered over 115.000 posts on the official forums, across four languages. This comes in addition to Age of Conan discussions on external forums and in other languages.

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1st! heheh  

and i like how they announced this right after the open beta, when everyone and their mothers was trying to get in. Great marketing move.

Still impressive...good luck funcom!

Open Beta isn't really all that open, but yeah! Good job Funcom and good luck :P 

The game's great so far.

Means nothing i signed up on 6 different e mails and 4 on my wifes emails.

Originally posted by Leucent

Means nothing i signed up on 6 different e mails and 4 on my wifes emails.

But of course the same is done for every game.  So if they have more sign ups then any other beta then they also have more interest then any other beta.  I know logic might hurt a little.

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Originally posted by Cabe2323

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Originally posted by Leucent

Means nothing i signed up on 6 different e mails and 4 on my wifes emails.

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But of course the same is done for every game. So if they have more sign ups then any other beta then they also have more interest then any other beta. I know logic might hurt a little.

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ouch!!! BURNED!!!

anyways i agree though...numbers speak the truth every single time in a game. Hell if things were different and say...WoW reached 10 million subscribers the day of launch (i know they have by now)...but somehow all those 10 million were just a very small handful of people...we all would still be impressed and think of it as we do today. Im very impressed in the numbers for funcom and look forward to seeing a great launch.

Originally posted by gamerman98

 

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Originally posted by Cabe2323

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Originally posted by Leucent

 

Means nothing i signed up on 6 different e mails and 4 on my wifes emails.

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But of course the same is done for every game. So if they have more sign ups then any other beta then they also have more interest then any other beta. I know logic might hurt a little.

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ouch!!! BURNED!!!

anyways i agree though...numbers speak the truth every single time in a game. Hell if things were different and say...WoW reached 10 million subscribers the day of launch (i know they have by now)...but somehow all those 10 million were just a very small handful of people...we all would still be impressed and think of it as we do today. Im very impressed in the numbers for funcom and look forward to seeing a great launch.

That 10 million for WoW is subjective as most of those accounts are internet cafe accounts which cost pennies on the dollar to an actual 14.99 subscription.

Originally posted by khartman2005

Originally posted by gamerman98

 

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Originally posted by Cabe2323

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Originally posted by Leucent

 

Means nothing i signed up on 6 different e mails and 4 on my wifes emails.

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But of course the same is done for every game. So if they have more sign ups then any other beta then they also have more interest then any other beta. I know logic might hurt a little.

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ouch!!! BURNED!!!

anyways i agree though...numbers speak the truth every single time in a game. Hell if things were different and say...WoW reached 10 million subscribers the day of launch (i know they have by now)...but somehow all those 10 million were just a very small handful of people...we all would still be impressed and think of it as we do today. Im very impressed in the numbers for funcom and look forward to seeing a great launch.

That 10 million for WoW is subjective as most of those accounts are internet cafe accounts which cost pennies on the dollar to an actual 14.99 subscription.

Uhm, no, that's kinda how things work in pretty much all of Asia.

Why is the number of beta tester applications important? Is there some formula that can be applied to this and analyzed to predict the number of subscribers you will have?

When I read this, it doesn't impress me. Instead, it just tells me how many free loaders are out there; along with how many people are really bored of the current crop of games.

Originally posted by khartman2005

Originally posted by gamerman98

 

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Originally posted by Cabe2323

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Originally posted by Leucent

 

Means nothing i signed up on 6 different e mails and 4 on my wifes emails.

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But of course the same is done for every game. So if they have more sign ups then any other beta then they also have more interest then any other beta. I know logic might hurt a little.

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ouch!!! BURNED!!!

anyways i agree though...numbers speak the truth every single time in a game. Hell if things were different and say...WoW reached 10 million subscribers the day of launch (i know they have by now)...but somehow all those 10 million were just a very small handful of people...we all would still be impressed and think of it as we do today. Im very impressed in the numbers for funcom and look forward to seeing a great launch.

That 10 million for WoW is subjective as most of those accounts are internet cafe accounts which cost pennies on the dollar to an actual 14.99 subscription.

Which is why I only count the U.S. and European subscribers, which total to around 5 million. To be really fair, since most Europeans don't play with U.S. players, it is better to only count the 2.4 million subscribers the U.S. has. When put in this perspective, opinions change. Sure 2.4 million players is a lot, but it doesn't have the same ring to it as 10 million.