Age of Conan 360 still in development, progress being made

Yesterday Strategy Informer reported that Funcom posted a $23m loss, CFO resigns, and Conan numbers under 100K, which lead us to question the development of the Xbox 360 version. Based on this bad news, we contacted Funcom to see if development of the Xbox 360 version was still ongoing.

[Pennywise]

HAHAHA... This game was a joke on PC. Imagine it on the xbox.

30gig install on the PC. What are they going to do with 7gig discs??

Companies make REAAALLY bad business decisions sometimes. Its amazing they make so much money. (CEO's)

[Snoozer282]

Consoles just don't have the depth, the supply methods or base for MMO's. It's a PC genre that works due to the platforms advantages.

Focussing on a PC version and not releasing an unfinished game would have resulted in a better outcome.

[onomix]

Many people like it more than World Of Warcraft. So how is it a joke?

[DelbertGrady]

Pennywise is just trolling as usual.

I don't think the game looks that interesting but I'll reserve my judgement until I've seen more of it.

[fredy]

and slimy down below...there should be less fanboys off here once kz2 hits.

[DelbertGrady]

Doubt you will see less of them. Fanboys like that don't play games.

[Pennywise]

You guys would like to think I am trolling. I am sure it makes you feel better to think so.

AoC was a failure. They released a game that was not complete. End game (which is the meat of MMORPG's) was unfinished @ release.

They JUST released DX10 support. The PVP battles they touted was not even complete.

Funcom CFO just resigned because of this failure. They have combines many servers and lost most of the population back to WoW, or whatever else they are playing.

I was excited for this game. I followed it a long, long time... and it flopped at release. Tell me how this game isnt a joke?

You guys are trolling me. My statements are VALID.

I guess snoozer is trolling too.

Funny Sodapop, I work a full time job, I have a life outside of games... and yet I am still almost lvl 7 on my PSN. Last night I opened almost all of the chars on SF4. Kz2 is paided for and I own over 20 games for my PS3.

I still own NES, SNES, GENISIS, 3DO, NeoGeo, Atari, Odessy 2000, PS1, a gaming PC... but yeah. I dont play games.

[DelbertGrady]

*hands over tissue*

[Pennywise]

Soda, I would love to know which one you are.

[I_LOVE_MYSELF]

Penny is the biggest troll on N4G

send him to the other zone please and keep him there... N4G will be a better place without his fanboyism

@below... I love you really

<3

[Pennywise]

Funny gametime, I think the same of you and everyone that called me a troll.

[Gun_Senshi]

I used to play this game. Unpatched on orignal content at lauch was 25 GB on PC. I belive its also unplayable with controller.

The game had alot of potential, it was good, but Funcom ruined it with bad patches, and also assked for paying people to test patches themselfs on testlive servers -.-

[DelbertGrady]

I'm a gamer, not a big crybaby. Don't care what systems you own, you are still trolling.

[Mr_Bun]

Are you attempting to hand over your crown as the biggest troll? You are the last person who should be enforcing rules in the "Gamer Zone".

@Soda

Penny just backed up his argument, but what did you bring to the table...who is the real troll here? Calling Penny a "crybaby"...is that the best you can do? He obviously knows what he is talking about, but I am guessing the only MMO you play is Runescape.

[LeGenDx]

i think penny has a valid argument

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

LOL Pennywise is being slapped around like a ragdoll, and it's obvious as hell he is pissed because there is no mention of the PS3 here. He even needs help from his Playstation buddies :D

Conan could do well on Xbox Live, Live is a huge gaming comunity, the largest on console.

[Pennywise]

Yeah Jason, I am being smacked around and I am mad because a second rate MMO isnt coming to PS3. I couldnt care less.

I wanted to play AoC on the PC and it was a disappointment. END OF STORY. Funcom will be out of business by the time its ready to release.

[DelbertGrady]

I am the troll? I own a 360 and I'm interested in things that concern it and this news is about the 360 version of AoC.

Do you own a 360, Pennywise? Do you, Mr Bun?

If not, why are you in here to begin with?

[Mr_Bun]

It's "Mr Clown", and how seriously can you be taken when a simple click on my bio would show that I do own a 360? Unlike you, I don't hide what consoles I own...or DON'T own, in your case.

What a vast and complex range of insults you have..."Crybaby" "Clown"...360 fanboys grow up so fast! Before you know it, you will be moving out of your mother's basement and collecting your very own welfare checks!

[Pennywise]

No soda you are right. I am trolling. I dont want to own a 360. I used to want AoC but it turned out to be a below average MMO... so yeah, it will fit right in with your 360 game line up. Home of the 7/10 games. Have fun. Good bye.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

^^^ it's so obvious

[pumpkinpunker]

Another 360 exclusive! These are popping out of the woodwork lately.

pennywise, stop being so bitter you own the least popular console with the worst games. you're only doing the inferior PS3 a disservice with your jealous posts.

it's not your fault that Gears of War 1 & 2 and Halo 3 are both ranked higher than KZ2. Doesn't mean you have to troll every 360 article. Be happy playing LBP with the other 15 people playing it online right now. And you can always pretend along with your Sony buddies on N4G that KZ2 is better than Gears or Halo even though the critics say otherwise..

[TheIneffableBob]

360 exclusive? Haha, wow. Really?

I don't even know how to respond to that.

[JamieReleases]

I'm not sure how they'll turn it around, but perhaps it will be a better game.

Ah IT avatar :p

[slimy the g8ter]

garbage ill be playing my dc universe on ps3 and enjoying it

[ActionBastard]

I smell a hit!

[Kushan]

What Microsoft should do is sign an agreement for MMOs on the 360 that allows them to share XBL revenue. I'd feel better paying for live if it meant no MMO surcharges on top of it. They could split the revenue depending on how many hours people log onto the game at any point.

And it makes sense, the gold service is (mainly) a matchmaking server that joins people together, but with an MMO it's not really necessary, since it all runs off of central servers anyway.

In one move, MS could turn the tide on the whole PSN vs Live debate.

[Droid Control]

Wheres DREAMFALL CHAPTERS???????

[1ikedamaster]

Oh man, another 360 exclusive? How am I supposed to afford all these great exclusives?

[Elven6]

If the 360 port is good and works well and with the release of Age of Conan in Russia (apparently Conan is popular their, according to Kotaku) imminent, things could turn around for the MMO.

Edit: Enough to compete with WoW? No, enough to make steady profits, have a good enough fan base to warrant expansions? Yes!

[Reibooi]

They really should cancel this game. The PC version is more or less broken because of horrid balancing issues and on top of that they have been losing money left and right and having to merge servers. It's time for them to face up that the game was a failure and putting it on a different platform will not solve problems.

[Pennywise]

Thats what I am saying, but the hate for me runs deep in this thread. Funcom needs to cut their time and losses and move on.

[creeping judas]

I wish Turbine would bring Lord of the Rings Online to either console!! I love playing it on my laptop!!

[Pennywise]

Yeah we could use a game like that on consoles. Its shocking noone has done this yet. Even WoW would be cool.

[creeping judas]

graphically there should be no problem what so ever, I think it's just the abilities that would be tough to map. I mean in LOTRO I have 9 different attack abilities and 12 passive abilities. I think that's where the problem would be. As for AoC, I'll give it a chance for one month just to see how they translate to a console, from a PC. But I have my doubts about AoC, due to how poorly it seems to be doing so far on the PC.