Age of Conan

Originally posted by Alan0n

 

Originally posted by mrw0lf

 

Originally posted by TheSheikh

 

Is there any reason they cannot announce the number of games actually being purchased?

Other than the fact it's highly unlikely they have anywhere near a good idea. The games been out 3 weeks in US and EU, all those independant retailers, all those stores, are you serious? About 6 weeks you would be very lucky to get a reasonably acurate guess, but wtf would they say?

 

They've announced 1m shipped because thats a marker that makes sense to tell their investors. It's like a mile stone, of the only stats that they will have at this time with any degree of acuracy.

Yes... Its impossible for Funcom to find out how many active accounts are in the game....  lololol. 

 

Active accounts after 3 weeks isn't reflective of box sales after 3 weeks. I know of at least 6 people(on a long stag week) all have the game and not installed.

This is becoming one long ass thread!

Originally posted by Battlekruse

I just love how "units shipped" became relevant in the MMO industry. hmm, Wasn't it subscription numbers not too long ago?

But units shipped sounds a lot better, because thats the total amount of produced boxes and not sold boxes. I guess that amongst those million unit, I bet there is still a lot standing in the shops.

Completely true. I smell a giant steaming pile of BS.

There are just that many stores that have horrible management and will order anything to stock shelfspace. It doesnt mean much.

I love random predictions of future subs based on nothing at all.

Originally posted by SignusM

Originally posted by Battlekruse

I just love how "units shipped" became relevant in the MMO industry. hmm, Wasn't it subscription numbers not too long ago?

But units shipped sounds a lot better, because thats the total amount of produced boxes and not sold boxes. I guess that amongst those million unit, I bet there is still a lot standing in the shops.

Completely true. I smell a giant steaming pile of BS.

Well, I've been to 6 different shops and they're all completely sold out of AoC.

Originally posted by warulven

 

Originally posted by SignusM

Originally posted by Battlekruse

I just love how "units shipped" became relevant in the MMO industry. hmm, Wasn't it subscription numbers not too long ago?

But units shipped sounds a lot better, because thats the total amount of produced boxes and not sold boxes. I guess that amongst those million unit, I bet there is still a lot standing in the shops.

Completely true. I smell a giant steaming pile of BS.

 

Well, I've been to 6 different shops and they're all completely sold out of AoC.

I have a feeling that a bulk of the first shipments went to North American retailers.

Originally posted by SignusM

Originally posted by Battlekruse

I just love how "units shipped" became relevant in the MMO industry. hmm, Wasn't it subscription numbers not too long ago?

But units shipped sounds a lot better, because thats the total amount of produced boxes and not sold boxes. I guess that amongst those million unit, I bet there is still a lot standing in the shops.

Completely true. I smell a giant steaming pile of BS.

If they have 500k accounts created it would mean that the retailers sold 500k units. Funcom states both figures, what is the BS in that?

While you might believe so, it is actually quite illogical (if not stupid) to produce and ship boxes if they are not sold. There is no real point in doing that.

Originally posted by Orphes

 

Originally posted by SignusM

Originally posted by Battlekruse

I just love how "units shipped" became relevant in the MMO industry. hmm, Wasn't it subscription numbers not too long ago?

But units shipped sounds a lot better, because thats the total amount of produced boxes and not sold boxes. I guess that amongst those million unit, I bet there is still a lot standing in the shops.

Completely true. I smell a giant steaming pile of BS.

 

If they have 500k accounts created it would mean that the retailers sold 500k units. Funcom states both figures, what is the BS in that?

While you might believe so, it is actually quite illogical (if not stupid) to produce and ship boxes if they are not sold. There is no real point in doing that.

Originally posted by fyerwall

 

Originally posted by Orphes

 

Originally posted by SignusM

Originally posted by Battlekruse

I just love how "units shipped" became relevant in the MMO industry. hmm, Wasn't it subscription numbers not too long ago?

But units shipped sounds a lot better, because thats the total amount of produced boxes and not sold boxes. I guess that amongst those million unit, I bet there is still a lot standing in the shops.

Completely true. I smell a giant steaming pile of BS.

 

If they have 500k accounts created it would mean that the retailers sold 500k units. Funcom states both figures, what is the BS in that?

While you might believe so, it is actually quite illogical (if not stupid) to produce and ship boxes if they are not sold. There is no real point in doing that.

Actually its normal business. They will make items and ship larger quantities to retail outlets to provide potential stock. Keeping shelves full is what stores are all about, and companies often times ship items on consignment (retailer pays next to nothing or nothing at all for the product until said product makes a sale) This usually happens with gaming software and systems when they first launch and is part of the companies marketing strat. So yes, it is logical.

 

 

Is it, assuming SignusM is hinting that the first batch of 700k copies hasn't sold that well(and that he are correct), logical to create another batch of 300k copies?

What I think you are meaning that