Developer Funcom is pleased with the launch of Age of Conan: Unchained, less than a month ago. Since the mmog free to play, there are more than four times as many players are active, what Funcom twice as much revenue.
Since July 1, is Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures free to play. The mmog, which in 2008 came to market on the basis of monthly subscriptions, since the reintroduction, as Age of Conan: Unchained by life. According to Funcom, is that a success. The Norwegian developer says that since the reintroduction 300,000 players have been added, bringing the number of active players has quadrupled. Also at business level is advantageous for Funcom, because the income from the game since the reintroduction doubled, says Funcom-ceo Trond Arne Aas.
Developer Funcom have counted so far 13 euro per month. Interested parties can, however, now free to download the game and the character creation. There is no need for monthly subscription fees is paid to be. Funcom earn money on the players instead of a free subscription to a Premium subscription, which is 13 euros per month is going to cost. Premium members can have more characters to create, have more space to in-game objects to save and allowed to participate in Sieges. In addition Premium members can choose from the twelve available classes, while for the non-paying members, only four classes are available.
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures received in 2008 to rave reviews. The game also sold well, but that success proved short-lived; the lead developer of the game left, and Funcom was forced to ask for servers to merge, so the spelerspopulatie to maintain.