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Age of Conan Beats GTA IV in Europe (Not UK)

Twisted | May 31, 2008 | News | PC Playstation 2

The game Age of Conan has beaten the fast selling Grand Theft Auto IV in Germany and Sweden, sending Grand Theft Auto IV to number two in those countries. In England, Grand Theft Auto IV is still first, with Age of Conan sitting at second.

However, in Spain both Age of Conan and Grand Theft Auto IV failed to be first, Wii Play is up there instead!

If there's any game likely to remove GTA IV from the top of the German charts, it's a PC game, and Age of Conan has gone and done it.

Funcom's Hyborian Adventures went and nabbed the number one chart slot from Rockstar in both Germany and Sweden, sending GTA IV to number two in the territories.

In the UK, GTA IV still reigns supreme, with Conan sitting pretty in number two.

In Spain though, both Conan and GTA failed to reach the top spot; Wii Play took instead. Girls: stop buying it!

A strong performance is expected from the head-chopping MMO, with Funcom already reporting that it's been unable to fulfil all pre-orders for the game (we bet most of them come from Germany).

It came out in the UK last week. Our boys (i.e. PC Zone) are currently playing through it, and you'll have the review shortly.

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iLLmatic | May 31, 2008

So they beat a month old game in two countries. Congratulations.
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Donnelly | May 31, 2008

I'm pretty sure Sweden and Germany =/= Europe..?
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Onvacation | May 31, 2008

Yeah because Europe consists mostly of Sweden and Germany. This hardly has any merit with such a title :L
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Kokoro | June 01, 2008

It must take a lot to beat a GTA game.
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  Zeon I | June 03, 2008
  
  I'm pretty sure it was all the Topless Female Characters in Age of Conan.
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Final Blade | June 01, 2008

_{Who cares, I mean honestly most people don't like GTA4.

But beating a month old game in two countries, is hardly a feat.
It was actually expected.
Still come back when they get to the amount of sales and money gained in the first week than we might have something.}
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Tiger of Wu | June 01, 2008

Well, this is understandable. The majority of German and Swedish old folklore consists of barabarians and warior pincesses and all that jazz, so when given the option to play a game about a Russian in America killing people or one that appears to consist of things they know about and have learned to love since they were children the majority of people would choose the latter, especially since a fair few of those people will already have GTA IV.
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  Donnelly | June 01, 2008
  
  I don't think thats a valid argument, I have never once wished their was a William Wallace game.
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    Tiger of Wu | June 01, 2008
    
    Well, the Deutsch and the Swedes are much more in touch with their mythical and historical side than any of the British countries. Besides, no offence, you are only one person in a completely different environment who (I assume) hasn't been told stories about William Wallace since you were very young and whose knowledge extends to history classes and the film Braveheart (again, just an assumption, I apologise if I'm wrong)
    
    Plus, with the Deutsch and Swedes their tales mainly consist of folklore and legend, myths about barbarians fighting hordes of vikings and ancient beasts, as opposed to William Wallace who was an actual person involved in historical battles and political stuff, things that the majority of youths today find quite boring. I mean, given the choice of a game about William Wallace and a game about a barbarian who fights legions of humans and monsters alike, it's obvious what the majority would choose. Now, suppose you grew up loving and being told stories about said barbarians than the want for a game on that subject would be even more. Furthermore the majority of British teens today have grew up on guns and stuff of that sort (in movies, games, TV shows etc.) so the more appealing option is the obvious one, where you get to shoot people in the head and blow sh*t up, whereas (as I've explained) Germany and Sweden grew up on barbarians and mythical creatures, so given the choice evidently they'll choose the latter. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that's the sole reason but it does still play a part in it.
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      Donnelly | June 01, 2008
      
      The Swedes, yeah, I'll give you that one seeing as they're Scandinavians.
      
      But the Germans? What histoy of barbarians do they have?
      
      Oh, and Braveheart is like 75% fiction.
      Wallace was a landowner (above the peasants but nowhere near royalty) he wouldn't have been heavily involved in politics. He was a military man.
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      Miller | June 01, 2008
      
      "But the Germans? What histoy of barbarians do they have?"
      
      Yer kidding right? The Germanic barbarians were the biggest threat to Rome, which the eventually over ran.
      
      AoC is a bad game though I haven't played it since the second day I played it.
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      Tiger of Wu | June 02, 2008
      
      I never said he was involved in politics, but the wars he participated in were all about politic issue's (yes, land ownership is a political issue) thus the mechanics of it automatically seem to the average bone-head boring.
      
      And, no offence, but if you don't think the Deutsch have historical barbarian ties than this debate is moot, because you have no idea what you're talking about.
      
      In interest of not turning this into an argument I'm ending my participation here. Feel free to say anything back, but don't expect a reply.
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      Donnelly | June 03, 2008
      
      Battle of Falkirk?
      Battle of Stirling Bridge?
      Battle of Bannockburn?
      
      Wallace generally stayed away from the politics of it all, he left that to Robert the Bruce (who, coincidentally is buried in Dunfermline Abbey, about 10 minutes away from me).
      
      I never learnt much of the fall of Romans, so I that excuses the fact I didn't know much about the german barbarians, but I still don't believe that would have the effect it has on the sales of age of Conan.
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the undertaker gonzo | June 01, 2008

I was reading this, i mean well done to knock GTA:IV off it's perch. But it'll be interesting to see how long it can hold up there for. That's what i want to see.
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StarJet | June 01, 2008

I've heard that the Spanish are sophisticated. (Or was that the French? *Scratches head* Never mind.) But they sure gotta be outta their minds to prefer Wii Play over GTA IV or Age of Conan.
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The Primagen | June 01, 2008

This came faster than I thought it would.