Age of Conan should go free to play in order to survive. The game’s subscription numbers have been in decline since it boasted 700,000 subscribers back in May 2008.

Age of Conan originally launched in May 2008 and boasted a whopping 700,000 subscribers. Each of those subscribers were paying a cool $14.99/mo to play the game, which meant Funcom was making boatloads of money. Let’s fast forward to January 2009. The game’s once impressive 700,000 subscribers dwindled down to “Below 100,000?. 49 worldwide servers became 18. The game’s director Gaute Godager quit because he was “Dissatisfied with the game”. Read more