When the Age of Conan beta community expressed concern with the combat controls and overall balance last year FunCom listened. That -- as we all remember -- was the first delay of the game from last August into this year. From what we've been seeing from the game at CES 2008 it was a wise decision. So when the announcement was made that the release date for AoC was pushed back eight weeks, we assumed there was another good reason.
There was a strong suspicion that the reasons for delay were bug and polish related -- turns out that suspicion was right after all. Thankfully most people in the community seem understanding, which is good to hear. It's also good to hear that FunCom has learned their lesson from Anarchy Online's buggy launch. The first impression for an MMO is everything and we believe Gaute when he says he believes they made the right decision.
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Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 12:03PM (Unverified) said
I think it is possible this is a marketing ploy. I don't think you should underestimate a companies ability to market a product. By delaying this game by a short period they dont lose many subscribers but they extend and encourage the anticipation for the game. I m not saying it is the reason for the delay but I wouldnt be surprised if it was, and you should suggest it as a possibility.
Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 12:15PM (Unverified) said
I don't know how well that theory holds water, but I wouldn't say it's 100% impossible. Still, AoC would lose a lot more subscribers if they didn't delay it and released a buggy product.
Give 'em the benefit of the doubt, I guess is what I"m sayin'.
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Give 'em the benefit of the doubt, I guess is what I"m sayin'.
Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 3:06PM Ghen said
I don't buy it. Simply for the fact that if they released on time they would get a whole portion of the year basically to themselves as people wait for WAR and WotLK among other things. The timing is off on this one, so I'm going to believe them that there were bugs that needed finagling. (go figure, finagling is in the firefox dictionary but firefox isn't.)
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