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(I apologize for the outdated screenshot. I will update with a graph once I’m in front of a real computer.) NCSoft has released their first quarterly report for 2013, and I’m sure we are all wondering how Guild Wars 2 will perform following the initial rush, so let’s dive in. Sales remained strong in 2013 [...]
Archive for the ‘Lineage 2’ Category
Lineage II Joins Aion In Automatic Block List Maintenance
March 13th, 2013 
Omali Mark this as a feature that all MMOs should adopt. For as long as online games have had gold farmers or abuse players, and ignore lists that are capped in how many people can be blocked, there has been the drudgery of spring cleaning said ignore list. Wouldn’t it just be easier for the game [...]
NCSoft License Unreal 4 For Two New MMOs
February 14th, 2013 Omali No rest for NCSoft. Coming on the heels of Guild Wars 2′s success, and with the recent release of Blade & Soul over in Korea, and the upcoming releases of Wildstar and Lineage Eternal, you might fall under the pretense that the Korean publisher is up to their necks with work. You would be wrong, [...]
NCSoft Q4 2012 Records Historical High Quarterly Revenue
February 5th, 2013 Omali Talk about springing back. Strong sales in Lineage, Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul, as well as mobile games, NCSoft has recorded historical high quarterly revenues for the fourth quarter of 2012. In the latest report, NCSoft marked a 56% increase in quarterly sales, a 208% increase in quarterly operating profit, 110% increase in pre-tax [...]
Lineage II: Vision For The Future
November 22nd, 2012 Omali It’s been nine years since Lineage II launched (In Korea), and NCSoft continues to update the game on a regular basis. The publisher just released this video, an eleven minute trailer for what the game might become one day. If you haven’t played Lineage II in a while, or at all, the video doesn’t really [...]
NCSoft 3rd Quarter Finances: Significant Growth From New Products
November 7th, 2012 Omali The folks at Arenanet and Team Bloodlust must be breaking open the champagne today, as NCSoft’s financial statements for the third quarter of 2012 reveal that Guild Wars 2 and Blade & Soul aren’t just bringing home the bacon, they are weaving it and frying it to perfection. Guild Wars 2 launched strong in the [...]
NCSoft Opens Account Migration
October 17th, 2012 Omali As announced earlier this year, NCSoft has rolled out account migration for players of Aion and Lineage II, beginning today. The move will bring both games under one account, consolidating how the player handles their login, NCoin, and security. As mentioned in the release: NC Accounts allow players to manage their Aion and L2 game [...]
NCSoft Admits Lineage II Faults, Wants Your Feedback
September 20th, 2012 Omali Lineage II has changed greatly since launch, and as Gon Namkung of NCSoft has admitted, not all of the changes have been for the better. In a letter to the community released today, Namkung admits that changes over the years have diluted what made Lineage II unique, from the removal of elements that made classes unique, to [...]
NCSoft’s Sales Per Region, Per Quarter, Mapped
September 3rd, 2012 Omali I’ve mapped out the sales per region over the entirety of NCSoft’s financial statements, dating back to the first quarter of 2005. You’ll see that Korea makes up more of NCsoft’s sales generally than every other region combined, and occasionally even doubled. Sales in North America and Europe peaked in 2009 and have been on [...]
NCSoft Q2 2012: Profits Down, Revenue Up
August 8th, 2012 Omali NCSoft has released its finances for the second quarter of 2012, and considering that the major MMO news sites suddenly care enough to report on it, I can only assume that there is some drama to be had. Compared to last quarter, revenues are up thanks to solid Lineage sales and royalties, however NCSoft is [...]
