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Bae Jae Hyun was the Producer of NCSoft's Latest PC MMORPG, Blade & Soul, and back in June 2017, NCSoft's stock went down by 11.41%. Hyun held the position of Vice President of NCSoft when he sold 8,000 of his shares in the company, worth about 3 Million USD. The plunge in stock worth was a direct result of consumer [...]
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NCSoft reported 3Q 2017 earnings today and they showed explosive mobile revenue growth. Mobile revenue is up a whopping 488% quarter over quarter and hit $491 million for the reporting period, which is almost 5x higher than ALL OTHER sources of revenue. Just take a look at the graph below: If you up the revenue from Aion, Lineage, Lineage 2, [...]
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NCSoft reported Q2, 2017 earnings today that showed overall sales increase 8% both quarter over quarter and year over year to $229M. Net income (profit) came in at $27.3 million. The most interesting bit of news from the earnings presentation as usual was the breakdown of sales by franchise: Guild Wars 2 sales hit an all time low this quarter [...]
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Master X Master is a next generation MOBA that includes a mix of PvP and PvE content. Players unlock new characters, weapon upgrades, and runes by playing through PvE missions together. Competitive game modes include traditional 3-lane maps and a quicker deathmatch option. [singlepic id=13923 w=428 h=240 float=none] Publisher: NCSOFT Playerbase: Medium Type: MOBA Release Date: June 21, 2017 (NA [...]
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Lineage M, the mobile remake of NCSoft's classic Lineage MMORPG, is currently the top grossing app in South Korea since its official release last Wednesday. Within 7 hours of launching, Lineage M has dominated the top spot in both Android and iOS app stores, with an estimated 9.7 million downloads so far. Some users have reported difficulties downloading the app [...]
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NCSoft's Q1 2017 financial results are in and they show a shocking 74% drop in net income—both quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year. The company's sales only dropped 16% quarter-over-quarter and 1% year-over-year, but other factors, including a decrease in online game sales and an increased number of employees, have lead to the dramatic decrease in profit. To illustrate just how low NCSoft's [...]
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Remember Project AMP? Let me jog your memory, it was the working title of an Unreal Engine 4 shooter under development by Korean studio NCsoft. Development on Project AMP started in 2015 and a beta test was expected back in 2016. The year came and went with no update. One intrepid caller during NCsoft's 4Q2016 financial conference asked what was going on with [...]
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Blade and Soul Mobile is a fantasy TCG where players form five-card decks to battle opponents. Collect over hundreds of cards, enhancing their stats and equipping gear to make them more powerful. [singlepic id=65782 w=628 h=275 float=left] Publisher: Tencent Games Type: Mobile TCG Release Date: March 10, 2016 (China only) Shut Down: 2022 Pros: +Hundreds of cards to collect. +Hybrid [...]
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NCSoft reported their Q4, 2016 earnings report today and the company's headline number was good; sales increased 17% year over year. The company also broke down their sales by game franchise as they normally do, but one game was missing this time around: Wildstar. It looks like whatever revenue Wildstar did have is now being clumped into "Other Sales" along [...]
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NCSoft reported earnings last week and while quarter over quarter sales fell for the company, year over year sales and profits are both up 11% and 29% respectively. All major NCSoft franchises held up pretty steadily except for WildStar which saw sales crumble over 50% quarter over quarter. Lineage and Blade and Soul revenues are down slightly quarter over quarter, [...]
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