Originally posted by vesavius

ohhh boy... you are gonna get toasted for this post lol.

The hate is strong here :)

LOL

Originally posted by neonaka

 

Originally posted by Aspenglade

The only way the xbox360 release will kick the game up is if the game is getting going praise at that point.  Otherwise if the game is sucking it will just be another title that is either cancelled or tossed.  Part of this is also due to the fact that console gamers aren't used to paying monthly sub fees for more than their live accounts and to have to pay live fees plus mmo sub fees will turn many owners off.

QFT

 

No way in hell I would pay an Xbox live fee AND a MMO fee for the console.

I have xbox and pay, but I play all MMO's on the PC, why? because PC smokes consoles in the graphics department. All MMO's that are good I pay to play on the PC, anything else I buy for console.

But yeah not many 13 year old xbox paying kids are gonna toss another 15 bucks just to play AoC.

Maybe some, not over a million.

And whoever wanted to bet $10,000.00 that AoC has over a million subs.... better get that checkbook ready.

You can make it out to NeoNaka.

Don't forget to sign the back please, bank will not take it otherwise.

when will people learn?

The very idea of having to buy a box and then pay a subscription bothers me. For that reason alone I won't be playing AoC at launch. Isn't the box going to cost the price of a regular game? If the feedback from this game is really good and they reduce the price of the game to about the price of a months sub (I can handle a bit more like 5-10 bucks) then I may try this game.

I have a feeling though my opinion is in the minority here. The same goes with charging for expansions ... just drives me nuts.

I predict that the game will come out and some people will find enjoyment playing it while others will find enjoyment talking crap about it and posting every time the population drops.  If it actually rises then those people will go troll the WAR forums before moving on to the next game in development. 

well because unlike console or "one shot" games, there is not continual developement and a need for devs to work on the game full time, as you have with mmorpgs. I have no problem paying for both game and sub, if it means i get a service from it (bug fixes, new areas, etc)

Originally posted by ProfRed

I predict that the game will come out and some people will find enjoyment playing it while others will find enjoyment talking crap about it and posting every time the population drops.  If it actually rises then those people will go troll the WAR forums before moving on to the next game in development. 

true..there are trolls who live and thrive on being just that :)

Despite all the negative comments Im gonna give it a shot and form my own opinion.  My advice to anyone is to do the same.

Originally posted by ProfRed

I predict that the game will come out and some people will find enjoyment playing it while others will find enjoyment talking crap about it and posting every time the population drops.  If it actually rises then those people will go troll the WAR forums before moving on to the next game in development. 

 Sad but very true.

Originally posted by MarkusD

The very idea of having to buy a box and then pay a subscription bothers me. For that reason alone I won't be playing AoC at launch. Isn't the box going to cost the price of a regular game? If the feedback from this game is really good and they reduce the price of the game to about the price of a months sub (I can handle a bit more like 5-10 bucks) then I may try this game.

 

I have a feeling though my opinion is in the minority here. The same goes with charging for expansions ... just drives me nuts.

 

It will all depend on how well it's received.  If there is a large drop off after the first month expect incentives and price drops on boxes soon.

We can all see how well AoC will do from further Quartley Reports they post.

Personally I think maybe 350k for launch 15% dont resub but the game will attract an equal about back the 2nd month, 3rd month will increase by another 15% overall,  until WoW LK / War take a slight dip and then it will really pick up xmas holiday season, followed by 360 launch and expac next spring.

150-200k after all is said and done. X mas time will all be about WAR and WOWLK

Originally posted by Ahiles

 

Originally posted by Nythious

This game shuns family players.

This game shuns children

Not many families are going to play this like they play Warcraft.

Little kiddies will need to get their parents to purchase the game and pay for it.

 

Funcom has made it near impossible to reach 500k-1Million players, but this means the game needs to be a quality product to do well.  Which means, I'll be playing it.

Even a guy at work said "I've got a 3 year old, I'm not going to play this in front of my children." and he plays Warcraft because its much less violent.  The community is going to be pretty bad in AOC, which is why i'll probably play an assassin and play alone.

 

I guess you havnt played either beta, with the children runnign around in game and on general chat.

 

Lol and you think ratings for video games mean anythign??? Keep deluding yourself my friend.  Nbody gives a damn about video game ratings.  You think its only 18+ yr old people playing GTA 4??? 

Eveevryone and anyone who can and wants to play the game will, be it 9, 10, 11-70. anyone and everyone who wants to play it will.  To say kids play wow , you trully are delusional.  You talk about families not goign to play, lol all the rp were saying how they and their families were going to play wow.  Also you think Fps game sales for example are driven by 30+ year olds?  Go play cod4 some sweeedish 11 year old nerd will probably kill u in 1 second flat.  HOW MANY TIMES, even adults act like.  You think your so mature?? By your rantings you sound like another fat child desperate to gank people.

And are you saying that all the immature people in the general chat and forums and such are kids? because i have met more immature acting people above 18 than below and srsly stfu about kids, they arent the ones ruining your community!