Funcom publishes sharp revenue drop for Q3

Fun who ?

Seriously had no idea who or what, when or why you were talking about till I skimmed through to Age of Conan and only then did I vaguely recognize it, mind you not recognize "oh them!!!" more recognize "Oh ...................them......"

Which is sad because Secret world sounded interesting ...... but they lost me again at the concept for an extreme sports MMO.

Diluted project focus = lackluster game portfolio = loss of revenue

If you're not going to take a chance and make something new & revolutionary then focus on your game that's already out there and pump it full of content & fix bugs. Just because your company is busy with projects doesn't mean it's being productive. If you're going to make yet another disposable MMO then make it F2P or some other model.

Well the game does blow...

Aww; hope no job losses on the way.

Anarchy Online is far more fun than age of conan, by a huge margin. The problem is they released AO much like they did conan, full of bugs and lacking end game content. The bugs are the worst problem, everyone sees those right off the bat. End game content is only seen by the very vocal power leveler minority before the company has a chance to patch that in later. That type of gamer has the attention span of a 15 year old on too much sugar though so keeping them happy is as useful as bottling wind. If they had just made sure either game were bug free at release, and THEN focused on end game stuff like pvp etc, both would enjoy much more financial success.

I think a lot of people (myself included) have a hard time letting go of the anger we feel as a result of the sense of betrayal we felt when AoC was first released. With so many other companies out there producing MMOs or other games, it really doesn't hurt us to say, "Screw me once, I'm done with you." There really is no second chance for a good majority of us.

That being said, I think Funcom really has stepped forward and made AoC a very good game. The music is phenomenal, the graphics are gorgeous, the Tortage introductory campaign is in depth and very enjoyable. Unfortunately, once you leave Tortage, the game-play is boring. Your actions as a character have no impact on the world. In this regard, Tortage sets you up for failure. You'll expect the rest of the game to play similarly, but it doesn't. It ends up being just like every other MMO to date this way.

I think Funcom has learned a great deal from AoC, though, and I'm hoping that experience shows through in TSW.

Bug free? I don't know what games you're playing, but I've *never* played something that was bug free on release day.

Funcom actually has some great games. Anarchy Online is pretty good, but I'd recommend Longest Journey and Dreamfall. I have high hopes for Secret World and hope it makes it to release. The "extreme sports MMO" is, as far as I can tell, something they're doing on the side with national cultural grant monies. Essentially, Ragnar Tornquist turns out good games, and I'd highly recommend him.

Funcom NEEDS to expand Anarchy Online into a game, Anarchy Online 2.
I know if they had the hero engine and created Anarchy Online 2, with alot of alterations to the game mechanics, the game would be a blast.

Still is, except for server lag, grind, useless items, lack of content at certain level ranges. They have overpowered classes and twinking as a system to level the difficulty in pve, which makes it so fun since your ability to tweak your implants/armor/weapons/nano's determines whether or not your fit to fight at your level, so much fun ><

Polish the game Funcom, and you'll make great benefit to Khaz... Funcom. ;p