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how many ppl will play this game?

suncabalsuncabal Member Posts: 13
in Age of Conan: Unchained

simple question?

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  • EstrusEstrus Member Posts: 357

    7 KOOKZILLLION!!!

  • dekkendekken Member Posts: 18

    I have one buddy from WoW coming over hopefully. So don't forget to count him.

  • miagisanmiagisan Member Posts: 5,156

    who cares? if it makes Funcom money then its a success

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  • BetaguyBetaguy Member UncommonPosts: 2,629

    few hundred thousand copies already sold so at least that many, Im guessing 500K on release day.

    "The King and the Pawn return to the same box at the end of the game"

  • VesaviusVesavius Member RarePosts: 7,908
    Originally posted by dekken


    I have one buddy from WoW coming over hopefully. So don't forget to count him.



    7 kookzillion and 1!!!!

  • VengerVenger Member UncommonPosts: 1,309

    *shakes magic 8 ball*

    "Please try back later"

    Grrr POS *smash*

  • DouhkDouhk Member Posts: 1,019

    anywhere from 400 to 600k sales, probably. I think they should do even more with their marketing, as this game has potential and at this point the bargain would be worth it, but I'm not sure if they will go so far as to television ads. That would probably grab the attention of a lot of people.

    image If only SW:TOR could be this epic...

  • maddhackermaddhacker Member Posts: 3

    the answer is ofcourse, 42

  • LeucentLeucent Member Posts: 2,371

    It will sell well at first and IMO will be around 300k tops long term customers.

  • LethalBurstLethalBurst Member UncommonPosts: 367

    A lot.

  • BetaguyBetaguy Member UncommonPosts: 2,629
    Originally posted by hitec7

    500k sales should make them like 20M Euro's from just the release day sales :) not bad huh? lol
    I wonder how much they spend on development. ;-))))


    I believe in the 45 million range to create this MMO.
    "The King and the Pawn return to the same box at the end of the game"

  • VesaviusVesavius Member RarePosts: 7,908

    Originally posted by Douhk


    anywhere from 400 to 600k sales, probably. I think they should do even more with their marketing, as this game has potential and at this point the bargain would be worth it, but I'm not sure if they will go so far as to television ads. That would probably grab the attention of a lot of people.

    hehe they better hope to not sell 600k boxes on day 1... that plus buddy keys would stretch their infra-structure to the limit, or even totally break it  :P

  • BetaguyBetaguy Member UncommonPosts: 2,629
    Originally posted by vesavius

    Originally posted by Douhk


    anywhere from 400 to 600k sales, probably. I think they should do even more with their marketing, as this game has potential and at this point the bargain would be worth it, but I'm not sure if they will go so far as to television ads. That would probably grab the attention of a lot of people.

    hehe they better hope to not sell 600k boxes on day 1... that plus buddy keys would stretch their infra-structure to the limit, or even totally break it  :P



    I think their infrastructure is sound. It's not forever ago like when they launched AO. Im currently getting 600kbs at prime time from their patch servers. Im sure it will be fine.
    "The King and the Pawn return to the same box at the end of the game"

  • KilmarKilmar Member UncommonPosts: 844

    I hope not too many, I dont want a wow style game. Few people = better community =)

  • skepticalskeptical Member Posts: 357

    I'd be surprised if they sell 500k pre-orders. The bigger question is how many will keep playing once they find out this game isn't everything they ever wanted in a MMO. Some pretty high expectations on this and not much real information.

    As long as they can maintain 2-300k subs thats probably enough to keep the game pofitable and keep development going.

  • mave1mave1 Member UncommonPosts: 18
    Originally posted by maddhacker


    the answer is ofcourse, 42

    But do you know the Question

  • JammaslamJammaslam Member Posts: 265

     

    Originally posted by vesavius


     
    Originally posted by Douhk


    anywhere from 400 to 600k sales, probably. I think they should do even more with their marketing, as this game has potential and at this point the bargain would be worth it, but I'm not sure if they will go so far as to television ads. That would probably grab the attention of a lot of people.

     

    hehe they better hope to not sell 600k boxes on day 1... that plus buddy keys would stretch their infra-structure to the limit, or even totally break it  :P



    Yeah, I hope that many people dont try to log in on day 1 either, the Product director was quoted as saying in that last interview here on MMORPG.com:

     

    ”we are of course ready for much bigger numbers, both on the servers and for distribution. We already have infrastructure in place for serving around 600.000 players on launch day.”

     

    "Around 600k" does not sound like its too capable (by that I mean stable) of that (600k) or much more than that and I hope launch day does not suffer becuase of it.

  • fiontarfiontar Member UncommonPosts: 3,682

    I think first month peak will be 500,000.

    From there, it will depend on how the game plays and how well the play experience holds up. There is potential for some serious upside over time with AoC, most people will make it through the first month would be my guess. I'm just not sure yet how it will hold up beyond that.

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  • ValentinaValentina Member RarePosts: 2,109

    well i know i am, and a bunch of people i know are that have been playing WoW with me and some from lotro.

  • ProdigusProdigus Member Posts: 28

    It's pretty useless throwing blind numbers out.  It will sell what it will sell and we will know soon enough.

  • socosoco Member Posts: 56

    Originally posted by Prodigus


    It's pretty useless throwing blind numbers out.  It will sell what it will sell and we will know soon enough.
    Amen.

     

     

     

     

     

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  • BetaguyBetaguy Member UncommonPosts: 2,629
    Originally posted by skeptical

    I'd be surprised if they sell 500k pre-orders. The bigger question is how many will keep playing once they find out this game isn't everything they ever wanted in a MMO. Some pretty high expectations on this and not much real information.
    As long as they can maintain 2-300k subs thats probably enough to keep the game pofitable and keep development going.


    WHOoooHooooo here comes the biggest hate monger.
    "The King and the Pawn return to the same box at the end of the game"

  • DouhkDouhk Member Posts: 1,019

    Originally posted by vesavius


     
    Originally posted by Douhk


    anywhere from 400 to 600k sales, probably. I think they should do even more with their marketing, as this game has potential and at this point the bargain would be worth it, but I'm not sure if they will go so far as to television ads. That would probably grab the attention of a lot of people.

     

    hehe they better hope to not sell 600k boxes on day 1... that plus buddy keys would stretch their infra-structure to the limit, or even totally break it  :P

    Well I'm talking about the total month... but god that would suck lol... it's a good thing for Funcom but a bad thing for everyone who wants to play... they say they're only preparing for around 650,000 people (overdoing it, learning alot from what happened at WoW's launch when they got a lot more than expected) but I suspect they will go at the very max 600,000 by the month (that a box is purchased)... that doesn't mean they'll stick to it. I can imagine about half of the people leaving simply because their computers cannot handle it.

    image If only SW:TOR could be this epic...

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