Four years have passed since World of Warcraft official launched in 2004. In four years, World of Warcraft has become the one of the most famous MMORPGs. The last numbers from Blizzard were in Jan 2008 stating that WOW has passed the 10 million mark. According to this 10 million mark, many players questioned whether World of Warcraft has peaked. ( Relevant: WoW May Face Serious Challenges Next Year? )

Meanwhile, another highly anticipated MMORPG came out. Age of Conan, which was launched May 20th in the US and May 23rd in Europe, has attracted much favorable attention to players. On June 6th, Funcom was proud to announce that Age of Conan will pass the astounding "One Million Copies Shipped" milestone.

"Sales data shows that Age of Conan is the biggest MMO launch since World of Warcraft," says Funcom Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Morten Larssen. "The numbers are very promising, and we are very proud to be one of the fastest selling PC games ever in a launch month and the biggest simultaneous Europe/US MMO launch in history."

Compare Age of Conan with World of WarCraft, which is better? Read it, then feel free to leave a comment.

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures	World of Warcraft
Published by: Eidos Interactive	Published by: Vivendi Universal
Developed by: Funcom	Developed by: Blizzard Entertainment
Release date: 20th May 2008	Release date: 23rd Nov 2004
Genre: MMORPG	Genre: MMORPG
Expansion: None	Expansion: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade ( Release date: 16th Jan 2007)
	World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King ( Release date: Year 2008)

1. System Requirements

Because the launch date of Age of Conan is 4 years later than World of Warcraft, the system requirements of AoC is stricter than WoW.

The official system requirements for Age of Conan:

Minimum configuration (1024x768, detail reduced)

OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz or equivalent
RAM: 1GB
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better
Video memory: 128MB
DVD-ROM: Quad-speed (4x) DVD-ROM drive
HARD DRIVE SPACE: 30GB

Recommended configuration (Up to 1280X960, most features on)

OS: Windows XP SP 2 or Windows Vista
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz or equivalent
RAM: 2048MB Dual Channel DDR2
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX or equivalent
Video memory: 512MB
DVD-ROM: Quad-speed (4x) DVD-ROM drive
HARD DRIVE SPACE: 30GB

The official system requirements for World of Warcraft:

Windows 2000, Windows Vista or Windows XP
Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon 800 MHz
512 MB or more of RAM
32 MB 3D video card with Hardware T&L or better
6.0 GB free HD space
4X CD-ROM drive
56 kbit/s or faster Internet connection