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Age of Conan for Xbox
InFlamestwo
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It seems like they are making Age of Conan for Xbox. Pretty sweet!
makes me want to buy an Xbox but would be better for the PS3.
http://cdon.se/spel/age_of_conan%3a_hyborian_adventures-714902
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werent they making that before launch too? then abandoning because consoles just suck? that just might be some old info on some random website noone knows..
AFAIK that project was dumped almost immediately after the catastrophic failure of the PC launch.
Lol they have been promising that since before launch. I think its a bit like that feature listed on the box "Tavern Brawling" which pre-orders of the Ltd Ed got special drinking capes for. Tavern Brawling never materialised BTW....
The Xbox version was meant to follow the PC release a few months later, probably their plans was to release the game and then start working on the conversion... but with the catastrofic launch their had I guess they decided to focus their manpower into fixing the game instead. Last I heard the xbox version was put on hold indefinitively, and frankly if they didn't make it to release as a tie in to the latest conan movie, I doubt it'll ever see the light of day.
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Rumor is that Microsoft rejected it after seeing AoC PC.
Too bad at that time the complete combat system was already tailored to be played by the kids with a console controller. Got alot of pc players carpal tunnel syndrome for nothing.
Well yea, they took a good look at AoC and realized there is no way a console could handle the game. Most PCs back in the early going weren't able to handle it. It has just been recently that a decent gaming computer can max it out at high resolution in DX10 while mantaining playable frame rates.
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the only mmos that made it throug were phantasy star online and FFX11. All other MMORPGS were canned. Due to XBox Live.
Edgar F Greenwood
Xbox live is changing to be much more friendly to subscription based games. One of the biggest problems was Microsoft points which are finally being abandoned in favor of normal currencies.
AOC's pricing model fits i guess...wouldnt be surprised if they didnt offer subs all together and went the b2p route for xbl.
Fits perfectly to be honest, XBL doesnt allow game devs to constantly patch over XBl and AOC never does even though im sure there will be some small exception to AOC.
EDIT: /Facepalm i thought they reannounced it..i didnt realize it was the version they scheduled at launch of the pc version lol,I dont think Microsoft cares to have an MMO on there network...they bought the rights to the Marvel Universe mmo then killed it shortly after it went into production.
I dont see this game coming out any time soon or any other mmorpgs. Considering the majority of the console gamebase plays fps. Not only does one have to pay for a monthly subscriptons with live , but to pay a monthly or via cash shop would not be benificail.
Edgar F Greenwood
the store probably never updated their site
AOC on XBOX is dead -- news article form a year ago
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-05-25-no-plans-for-age-of-conan-on-xbox-360
Three years on and Funcom has finally given up on Age of Conan for Xbox 360.
The barbaric MMO was announced for Microsoft's console in 2006. Two years and many game delays later, we heard that the 360 version would arrive a year after the PC game.
In the months and years after Age of Conan was released on PC and clearly needed lots more work, Funcom staunchly stood by the 360 version's existence on - four - separate - occasions.
Today, however, executive producer Craig Morrison throws in the towel.
"There's no plans for it at the moment," he told Eurogamer.
"We would like to go there [console] at some point in the future but there's no concrete plans for Conan at this time.
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