Conan Still Planning to Conquer 360

The Age of Conan MMO hasn't been nearly as successful as developer Funcom hoped. Actually, it's been a disaster. Despite a deep and popular universe to work with, the game just didn't have the work put into it that a successful MMO requires. Lack of planning past the first several levels left many players cold. There's only so much running around in skimpy chain mail a person can do before he starts to yearn for new content.

So with many of Age of Conan's servers closing, a report that the subscription base for the PC version is still below 100,000, the posting of $23 million in losses, and the resignation of their CFO, it's reasonable for people to question whether the planned Xbox 360 port will ever hear the lamentations of our women.

Not to worry, says Erling Ellison, Funcom's Product Manager. And to prove it, he tosses out a few choices phrases like "still in development" and "making progress". Of course, he also says "we are not setting any release dates at all just yet". So...chin up?

Personally, I'm hoping for the best. I love the sweat-stained style of the Conan universe and hope it can find a home on the consoles. Of course, I also hope Funcom can get their house in order enough to support the game like they should have in the first place.

I do a lot of hoping in my spare time. It's Barack Obama's fault.

Source: Strategy Informer