Funcom says Age of Conan will never attract the same number of players that haveꦺ flocked to Blizzaಌrd's World of Warcraft.

"When it comes to World of Warcraft, it's going to run up to World of Warcraft and kick it in its knees, I think," product manager 𝔉Erling Ellingsen quipped about the forthcoming MMO before adding: "It's never going to get the number of players World of Warcraft has."

Ellingsen likened WoW to Facebook, calling it a soc𒈔ial phenomenon that's incredibly hard to copy. "...you can try and create the new Facebook, but will it ever become that popular?"

"But I think Age 💫of Conan is going to appeal to a broad range of players, p♔eople who like MMOs, people who don't like MMOs," he continued.

"I've🌳 talked to so many people who have said, 'Oh I don't like MMOs', but then I start talking to them about Conan and they're like, 'Hmmm, yeah, this is maybe something I should try because this sounds different'."

Ellingsen thinks Funcom will score a lot of points from Age of Conan's combat system, which would feel right at home in a single-player action adventure game. He explained, "I think we're going to get a lot👍 of players just because we're trying to do something different."

"I hope th𝓰at the players are going to rewar🔯d us for that," he said.

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Mar 19, 2008