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NCsoft Record Breaking Revenue Due to Guild Wars 2

by William D'Angelo, posted on 06 February 2013 / 3,458 Views

NCsoft, the Korean publisher, released its fourth quarter 2012 financial results. The publisher posted a record amount of revenue and Profit. Revenue for the quarter doubled from ₩144,384 million ($133 million) the fourth quarter 2011, up to ₩283,353 million ($207 million). Profits for the quarter increased 498 percent year-over-year to ₩101,933 ($94 million).

Guild Wars 2 sales drove the record breaking quarter for the publisher. The game accounted for 45 percent of all the sales for the quarter. Lineage accounted for 24 percent and Blade and Soul 10 percent.

Korea accounted for 43 percent of the total sales when broken down by region. North America accounted for 25 percent and Europe 18 percent. Japan accounted for just seven percent of the total sales.


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5 Comments

Sensei
Sensei (on 06 February 2013)

Good news. I still prefer Guild Wars 1 though - nothing can replace the Monk profession. :(

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Byrand
Byrand (on 07 February 2013)

I can't believe that people are happily giving their money to NCsoft after they killed City of Heroes. Faith in humanity: Lost forever.

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Nem
Nem (on 07 February 2013)

Well good for them, but i thought GW2 was terrible. I still prefer GW1 aswell. without a healer class the game just loses all sembless of strategy and teamwork on PvE.

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naruball
naruball (on 07 February 2013)

Good! The game is amazing and no subsription fee makes it a must have

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Commando
Commando (on 06 February 2013)

I thunk $207 million is a typo. Is it supposed to be $270 mill ?

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