Funcom avoided bankruptcy?

[7dollarbill]

Just came across this and I found it interesting. What are your thoughts? Are they running a business with the intent to just get bye? Do they have enough people and resources to do the job?

I find it most interesting that the article says this: "Poe says he knew the company was going to be okay when he saw streamers "going bananas for the game."

I remember the first day it was released, almost every major streamer was playing. I wonder if they were paid to play it to get people to buy it because they were scared of bankruptcy. Maybe it's just me. What do you think?

https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/06/conan-exiles-saved-funcom-from-bankruptcy/

[7dollarbill]

引用自 Olumat：

Currently I feel that the developement is not moving into a good direction. They seam to repeat the Age Of Conan and Secret World mistakes - promising huge content with fun ideas that will take years to implement in the game.
In the meanwhile balancing issues and bugs are not treated with the appropriate thoroughness.
From my point of view those are the issues that drain the player base while new content can't possibly make the game any better when the combat system is a huge mess and the AI is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dumb as hell and animal behaviour is like that of shooting gallery puppets.

Lol, there is a lot to work on. I agree and bug fixes I would think would be priority over content. But most importantly, testing prior to launching a patch. I'm skeptical this game will make it or that they will invest 10mil as one poster mentioned. But I hope they do. I think for now it's prob just beat to revisit the game in a couple months. Maybe then they will have a system in place to prevent these rookie mistakes.

[7dollarbill]

引用自 Daddy Tong：

https://youtu.be/ay-s-YPPmiw?t=1m49s

Thanks I'll take a look at it.

[Rob]

引用自 7dollarbill：

引用自 Daddy Tong：

So why u missed the part where they cleary said that ll invest $10mils more into conan?

I haven't seen an article on that. Link?

I think its incrediably disrespectful thread. It highlights your personal character.

[#Charlotte]

引用自 Vahlok：

OP

You conjecture "almost bankrupt".
The thing is you narrow minded hostile fool .... it did not.

haha - very funny, maybe the greek government should consult you for financial issues.

[#Charlotte]

引用自 ^EIN^Rob：

引用自 7dollarbill：

I haven't seen an article on that. Link?

I think its incrediably disrespectful thread. It highlights your personal character.

lol ? funcoms financial situation gives far more insight to us as players what to expect from the game, than the usual rant or fan post we have here.

[7dollarbill]

引用自 Olumat：

引用自 ^EIN^Rob：

I think its incrediably disrespectful thread. It highlights your personal character.

lol ? funcoms financial situation gives far more insight to us as players what to expect from the game, than the usual rant or fan post we have here.

Yep because if they don't have the money, they can't develope or they can't develope as well as they could.

[DenSisteSameRai]

From what i read in Norwegian news before, the story was that Funcom put a lot of money into Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, Age of Conan and The Secret World (and maybe other starting projects?) together with Ragnar Tørnquist, but along the road Ragnar split and started Red Thread Games focusing on Dreamfall: Chapters and other ideas, while the games launched by Funcom didn't sell as well as expected, and they had expanded their business a bit too much during this time, so the income didnt really match the maintenance, salaries and costs for new projects over time, and they were a bit too slow to react, so some debt were aquired. And at the same time they didnt release all the information about their finances properly towards the stock market during the TSW release and they had to pay a moderate fine to the state (1,5m NOK). Some time before the fine and mostly after, they reorganized their business to not end in a similar situation if they managed to keep things going along. There was always a wish for, and plans for a succesor to Age of Conan, but i think their financial situation made them rethink it into a survival game format to be launched as an EA title instead of an mmo or something else without any crowd funding. Tørnquist made use of Kickstarter to get his new studio on their feet and launched their first title successfully, so Funcom may have gotten some ideas from that. Anyways, now it looks to be quite a different company than the old Failcom some refers too :)

[#Charlotte]

https://finance.yahoo.com/chart/FUNCOM.OL?ltr=1#eyJtdWx0aUNvbG9yTGluZSI6ZmFsc2UsImJvbGxpbmdlclVwcGVyQ29sb3IiOiIjZTIwMDgxIiwiYm9sbGluZ2VyTG93ZXJDb2xvciI6IiM5NTUyZmYiLCJtZmlMaW5lQ29sb3IiOiIjNDVlM2ZmIiwibWFjZERpdmVyZ2VuY2VDb2xvciI6IiNmZjdiMTIiLCJtYWNkTWFjZENvbG9yIjoiIzc4N2Q4MiIsIm1hY2RTaWduYWxDb2xvciI6IiMwMDAwMDAiLCJyc2lMaW5lQ29sb3IiOiIjZmZiNzAwIiwic3RvY2hLTGluZUNvbG9yIjoiI2ZmYjcwMCIsInN0b2NoRExpbmVDb2xvciI6IiM0NWUzZmYiLCJyYW5nZSI6IjF5In0%3D

you can clearly see how the share prices reacted to the successfull EA launch and how quickly they dropped again... still not to the pathetic level from mid 2016

[Rdizz]

引用自 ^EIN^Rob：

引用自 7dollarbill：

I haven't seen an article on that. Link?

I think its incrediably disrespectful thread. It highlights your personal character.

What being informed about a companies financial state, a company that you techinically just invested $30 into for a product that will soon be complete or possibly not...

The only thing that shows here is your personal character, truthfully.

[#Charlotte]

引用自 Rdizz：

引用自 ^EIN^Rob：

I think its incrediably disrespectful thread. It highlights your personal character.

What being informed about a companies financial state, a company that you techinically just invested $30 into for a product that will soon be complete or possibly not...

The only thing that shows here is your personal character, truthfully.

imagine how many shares of funcom you could hold for that money...

[7dollarbill]

引用自 ^EIN^Rob：

引用自 7dollarbill：

I haven't seen an article on that. Link?

I think its incrediably disrespectful thread. It highlights your personal character.

Thanks. Me asking people's what they think, questioning the companys background, AND wishing them well does speak miles for my character.

[7dollarbill]

引用自 Olumat：

引用自 Rdizz：

What being informed about a companies financial state, a company that you techinically just invested $30 into for a product that will soon be complete or possibly not...

The only thing that shows here is your personal character, truthfully.

imagine how many shares of funcom you could hold for that money...

Lol, just looked at the stock. Just wonder if the price was in USD or Paso's lol. Kidding. It's super cheap.

[GarfieldCultist]

those who stir the ♥♥♥♥ pot should have to lick the spoon. It's pretty obvious what this thread is about OP.

That said to answer the question though I think this is more of a Final Fantasy situation and less a "let's get some quick cash and bail", like you are insinuating. Because of the success Conan Exiles had with it's initial sales, Funcom is now not only above water but hiring new employees in both their Oslo and North Carolina locations. That shows me that the company has a vested interest in improving the game and keeping things going as a somewhat long term goal. They aren't just trying to cash in before the doors close.

[Rdizz]

引用自 corrosivechains：

those who stir the ♥♥♥♥ pot should have to lick the spoon. It's pretty obvious what this thread is about OP.

That said to answer the question though I think this is more of a Final Fantasy situation and less a "let's get some quick cash and bail", like you are insinuating. Because of the success Conan Exiles had with it's initial sales, Funcom is now not only above water but hiring new employees in both their Oslo and North Carolina locations. That shows me that the company has a vested interest in improving the game and keeping things going as a somewhat long term goal. They aren't just trying to cash in before the doors close.

North Cakalaki HOLLA

[7dollarbill]

引用自 corrosivechains：

those who stir the ♥♥♥♥ pot should have to lick the spoon. It's pretty obvious what this thread is about OP.

That said to answer the question though I think this is more of a Final Fantasy situation and less a "let's get some quick cash and bail", like you are insinuating. Because of the success Conan Exiles had with it's initial sales, Funcom is now not only above water but hiring new employees in both their Oslo and North Carolina locations. That shows me that the company has a vested interest in improving the game and keeping things going as a somewhat long term goal. They aren't just trying to cash in before the doors close.

So those who who stir the pot should have to lick the spoon... Interesting. So we shouldnt stir the pot even though we know it tastes like crap and try to make it better? I'll lick the spoon after I stirred it and have added to it rather than just taking it at face value and remaining a dumb sheep.