Age of Conan

Funcom has stated that 700.000 accounts have been created like said here.

http://www.funcom.com/wsp/funcom/frontend.cgi?func=publish.show&func_id=1305&table=CONTENT&item=1004

Now - lets look at those numbers more closely and see what we find out.

Acording to Funcom we have 700.000 accounts. 

We have 49 servers AOC servers world wide

We have the statement from Funcom that 3500 to 5000 

 http://community.ageofconan.com/wsp/conan/frontend.cgi?func=publish.show&template=content&func_id=2328&table=CONTENT

(at peak times) can be on the servers at same time.  That is by the way pretty accurate since ppl have beein reporting (1500 ppl online in fully searched servers  - showing medium load)

Now... Lets predict all the 49 servers (including French, Spanish and German servers) are full at the same time.   Max load = 5000 ppl

5000 x 49 = 245 000.  Thats what ?  455 000 short ?

Infact - IF those official numbers from Funcom are correct we should be seeing around 15 k ppl max on each server.  And like said before - ppl have already showd 1500 ppl showing medium load on servers.

So if 700.000 sold boxes is true - then we can assume that less than half of those accounts are playing and that would still leave us 100.000 players short of the maximum load of the all servers.  

So again - Its all PR and nothing else. 

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Originally posted by AOCtester
Funcom has stated that 700.000 accounts have been created like said here.
http://www.funcom.com/wsp/funcom/frontend.cgi?func=publish.show&func_id=1305&table=CONTENT&item=1004
Now - lets look at those numbers more closely and see what we find out.
Acording to Funcom we have 700.000 accounts. 
We have 49 servers AOC servers world wide
We have the statement from Funcom that 3500 to 5000 
 http://community.ageofconan.com/wsp/conan/frontend.cgi?func=publish.show&template=content&func_id=2328&table=CONTENT
(at peak times) can be on the servers at same time.  That is by the way pretty accurate since ppl have beein reporting (1500 ppl online in fully searched servers  - showing medium load)
Now... Lets predict all the 49 servers (including French, Spanish and German servers) are full at the same time.   Max load = 5000 ppl
5000 x 49 = 245 000.  Thats what ?  455 000 short ?
Infact - IF those official numbers from Funcom are correct we should be seeing around 15 k ppl max on each server.  And like said before - ppl have already showd 1500 ppl showing medium load on servers.
So if 700.000 sold boxes is true - then we can assume that less than half of those accounts are playing and that would still leave us 100.000 players short of the maximum load of the all servers.  
So again - Its all PR and nothing else. 

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It is what they are paid to do, love it or hate it PR has its place to make their company look good in whatever possible way they can. Your figures are probably damn near right on, maybe less than 200k. When they start sorting through all the frickin boxes that are going to get shipped back to them, that 700k won't be 700k anymore. Then PR will sugar coat it by saying they are "defective", sad but true.

You know...seeing your nonstop threads bashing Conan is getting rather old. I mean I can understand not liking the game...I'm bored to hell with it,and rather tired of their nerf patches. But whats the deal with you,do you really feel the need to post multiple times a day bashing a game you obviously dislike?

Word of Advice...let it go and move along to something you actually enjoy playing.

Originally posted by Noktaris

You know...seeing your nonstop threads bashing Conan is getting rather old. I mean I can understand not liking the game...I'm bored to hell with it,and rather tired of their nerf patches. But whats the deal with you,do you really feel the need to post multiple times a day bashing a game you obviously dislike?

Word of Advice...let it go and move along to something you actually enjoy playing.

But there's the problem really, players like AOCTester don't like any game, ever.  They live to bash the game of the month, expect to see a WARTester show up in the near future and start the cycle all over again.

Well, the problem with the equation is the way you're going about doing the math.

Saying there are 5,000 players on at peak time, and 2,000 at off times, and then another 2-3,000 in between there = 10,000ish players.

You can't assume the same 5,000 people are playing all day, day-in and day-out.

The OP's numbers don't appear to take into account the casual players like myself that only log in a few times a week.

Of course he can't possibly be wrong...He's taken a lot time to gather this information to support his logic and cruisade to bring down the mighty villain Funcom.

Originally posted by Cymdai

Well, the problem with the equation is the way you're going about doing the math.

Saying there are 5,000 players on at peak time, and 2,000 at off times, and then another 2-3,000 in between there = 10,000ish players.

You can't assume the same 5,000 people are playing all day, day-in and day-out.

 

Nope - but what I can say that you can not deside that the 5 000 ppl are online just when you want.   Neither can Funcom.   This is a mature rated game - If you think that 50% of the players are playing between 10:00 and 14:00 then I doubt that very much.  Just take a look at games that have shown players online 24/7 like Eve and read between the lines. 

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Enough said...

I didn't know topping the charts is ..... place 90 !

If they LIE about this simple controlable fact, they lie about EVRYTHING: IN and OUT of the game.