by Stacy Jones on May 08, 2008
Gameindustry.biz recently had a chance to interview Funcom's Product Manager, Erling Ellingsen. The interview discussed many of the aspects involved in creating a high profile MMORPG title such as Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures and how Funcom is approaching the launch to try and ensure everything runs smoothly.
You can read the full interviiew here.Erling Ellingsen: We definitely learned a lot about technology, in terms of how big a deal it is launching an MMO. I think we learned a lot about how player numbers work out at launch, in terms of technical specifications and adapting to more computer set-ups to succeed.
I think Anarchy Online was perhaps a bit ahead of its time really, not too many people could play it when it launched - and I think Age of Conan is doing a much better job at that.