The secret is out and the jig is up: MMO studios have solid evidence
that adding a free-to-play option on top of a subscription model is the
way to bring in hordes of new players. Age of Conan: Unchained proved this today as Funcom announced the addition of over 300,000 players to its bloody family in the first month of service.

Apparently the servers are packed full and Funcom is raking in the
moolah, too. The studio announced that servers have quadrupled activity
during this time period, and revenues have more then doubled. This is
certainly good news for the 2008 title, which is now being supported by a
mix of subscription and cash shop options.

Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas
is pleased as (a) punch: "The launch of the hybrid business model has
been very successful so far. The activity levels on the servers are
booming with a fourfold increase in players during July, we more than
doubled the revenue generated from the game, and we have experienced a
positive development in subscriber numbers. This definitely gives us
great hope for the game's future."

Age of Conan is set to release a movie tie-in update later this month called Savage Coast of Turan to take advantage of the Conan the Barbarian movie coming to theaters on the 18th.









Source: Funcom

Propaganda much
They make it sound so much better then it is

K so when is SWTOR going free to play then

How long did it take for Lotro to go f2p? then lower that by half a year to a year, since it's becoming the new hype for p2p mmos.

So umm like 2~4 years after release