tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647535028551977680.post4631224678215877399..comments2023-08-25T07:59:52.853-04:00Comments on Tyrian Express: Age of Conan - Turmoil and a CEO buy upElementalistlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17536627257855895757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647535028551977680.post-54035670338651956472009-02-24T06:26:00.000-05:002009-02-24T06:26:00.000-05:00Game has less subscribers now than EQ2. OUCHGame has less subscribers now than EQ2. OUCHGamer Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02429499308557410408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647535028551977680.post-89759998195645132412009-02-23T15:07:00.000-05:002009-02-23T15:07:00.000-05:00The depreciation is just about cutting down the pe...The depreciation is just about cutting down the percieved value of Age of Conan (most likely) brand/game as an assett.<BR/><BR/>They do not expect it to be as valuable over the years as they originally anticipated, so they cut it down to a more realistic level in the books.<BR/><BR/>As for Mr Trond Aas acquisition for 250K stock, in the extraordinary board meeting in December he was given 500K rights to purchase stock in the company as part of his compensation plan. The old 375K rights he had not used yet were cancelled.<BR/>In both cases he probably had been given a good price to buy the stocks (i.e. below market level), although it does not tell at what price the new and the old rights were at.<BR/><BR/>Reading the financial report one of the things they do plan is to start with a free trial for AoC, in order to get more subscribers.<BR/><BR/>The two causal MMOs (one Java-based, one browser based) are expected to enter beta in Q4 2009. There were 14 and 17 people work on each one, so those seem to be low cost, budget and risk projects.<BR/><BR/>I will probably have another go at the game soon, with some of these updates, server merges etc. My old guild in the game is dead and gone and was more or less on life support when I was playing last time. A good opportunity to search for new blood ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647535028551977680.post-5324342974934901822009-02-23T13:39:00.000-05:002009-02-23T13:39:00.000-05:00Got a laugh out of the spewing blood on CD Projekt...Got a laugh out of the spewing blood on CD Projekt's AoC site! Still wondering if they won't find a way to (perhaps license the Dreamworld engine from Funcom?) bring the Witcher to the MMOG scene.<BR/><BR/>Funcom does need to issue a statement about this flap though. Ignoring it won't help matters if/when they do a "come back to Hyborea" campaign. A little transparency and honesty with consumers can go a long way...Talynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17848472705380445923noreply@blogger.com