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Dark Age of Camelot
Dark Age of Camelot (DAoC) is a 3D medieval fantasy MMORPG, released on October 10, 2001 in North | GI = 8.5/10 | GSpot = 91/100 | GSpy = 92/100 | IGN = 90/100 <!-- Custom reviewers --> | rev1 = PC Magazine | rev1Score = | rev2 = Gameplanet | rev2Score = }}
When DAOC first launched in October 2001, Mythic sold 51,000 copies of the game within the first 4 days, In the United States, Dark Age of Camelot sold 300,000 copies and earned $10.4 million by August 2006, after its release in October 2001. It was the country's 63rd best-selling computer game between January 2000 and August 2006. Combined sales of all Dark Age of Camelot games released between January 2000 and August 2006 had reached 780,000 units in the United States by the latter date.
The subscriber base quickly rose up to almost 250,000 subscribers by July 2002 and then started to fall off to about 210,000 subscribers by January 2003. The Shrouded Isles expansion was released and populations climbed back up slightly, then in November 2003 populations once again rose to 250,000 with the release of the "Trials of Atlantis" expansion and remained at that level until October 2004 when market competition (Everquest II, World of Warcraft) caused these numbers to gradually decrease over time. As of January 2008, the estimated number of subscribers was 50,000.
