We mentioned earlier that Funcom was about to merge their Age of Conan-servers, but now we have actual numbers on how many there will be left when the merging and cutting has been done. From a total of 49 servers, only 18 will stand their ground. Still a lot compared to other mmo games (no, fuck World of Warcraft), but it’s not exactly the direction in which Funcom wants to go. Anyway, it’s a required move to a position from where they can grow.
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Blizzard Boss: Age of Conan Stole World of Warcraft Subscribers
Blizzard, makers of World of Warcraft, president Mike Morhaime, said the following to Edge in a conference call the other day:
Age of Conan released with some initial success a couple of months ago, and we did see some of our players leave to try the game. However, we’ve seen about 40 percent of those players return to World of Warcraft.
He then goes on talking about how huge World of Warcraft is, their service and such.
However, the key is this: 60 percent of the players coming to Age of Conan from World of Warcraft stays. Since this is from the Blizzard head honcho himself, and no Funcom PR machine, I’d say those a pretty reliable figures.
World of Warcraft is still the dominating MMORPG however, with 10.9 million subscribers. Funcom reported 700,000 a month after launch.
