Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | 07:59 BST

Funcom stocks dip sharply in wake of Conan launch

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Big-name MMO? Sizeable player base? Stock value dip of 55 percent? One of these things is not like the other. According to Massively, Age of Conan publisher Funcom has seen a mystifying downturn in its stock value since Age of Conan launched.

Dropping from $54 to $24 per share, you’d think Funcom would have serious cause for concern. However, as Massively points out, Funcom shares were sporting a consistent $25 price tag before the Age of Conan pre-release hype began. Odds are, this sharp drop is merely a return to normalcy.

For more analysis and a chart just begging to be made into a level for Line Rider, check out the link.

By Nathan Grayson

3 comments

#1

pjmaybe
28/07/08, 12:13 pm

Can anyone hear the sound of tumbleweed blowing through Conan at the mo? No? Wash out your lugholes then.

Hopefully Funcom will actually realise that reneging on a promise to make sure Conan gets “Regular and scheduled bountiful updates” isn’t quite the same as taking a shitload of that initial game cost and sign-up cash and going off on an extended holiday to acapulco while your userbase pisses away to nothing. Future MMO whorebag devs take note.

#2

patlike
28/07/08, 12:50 pm

Is it really fucked? It’s been getting some less than stellar press in the last few weeks…

#3

ran93r
28/07/08, 6:04 pm

I just canned my account and have no plans to return any time soon.

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