It’s August, and that can only mean plenty of Q2 financial reports to read. Funcom has released its financial reports for the second quarter of 2011, with just enough time to factor in Age of Conan: Unchained. Here are some points of interest:
- Age of Conan: Unchained has more than doubled revenue for the title, although we already knew that.
- Bloodline Champions is being localized in Russia.
- Funcom believes that the Secret World will be a less risky launch, given the stability of its engine (Dreamworld 2.0)
- Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, and Bloodline Champions are all bringing positive cash flow, but the development costs for The Secret World, Pets Vs Monsters, Fashion Week, and My Kingdom are putting serious hurt on Funcom’s money.
- Funcom sees The Secret World as selling more in its first year than Age of Conan did, as well as significantly better retention.
- A “healthy retention” for The Secret World is considered 490,000 subscribers. “Conan-like scenario” is listed as 280,000 subscribers.
Unfortunately, unlike NCsoft, Funcom does not offer as detailed sales figures on a per-game basis or per-region. So Funcom is bleeding money, but such an outcome is expected with so many projects on the table.
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Why can’t anybody enjoy a Conan movie wiuhott Arnold S. People need to realize Arnold will be dead soon from old age. It’s not like Conan the Destroyer was any good, people that like Destroyer and don’t like this Conan are just Arnold fanboys. I don’t care if Arnie returns, I just want a GOOD movie that’s not directed by the guy who did Pathfinder. =D