Sales down, income up for NCsoft

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UKPosted Aug 9, 2007 3:32 am PT

Korea-based developer of Guild Wars and upcoming Tabula Rasa reports second-quarter financials.

Massively multiplayer online game specialist NCsoft has released its latest financials for the quarter ending July 31, 2007. The second quarter of 2007 saw the company's sales drop 11 percent to 75.9 billion Korean won ($82.1 million), and "operating income" rise a staggering 533 percent to 10.6 billion Korean won ($11.5 million) year over year. The company also announced that its net income had "returned to profitability."

The biggest percentage of sales came from the company's native land of Korea, with 59 percent of the total ($52.5 million), followed by North America with $13.9 million, Japan with $8.3 million, and Europe with $4.9 million. Royalties totalled $3.9 million.

Lineage II was the most successful title in Q2, racking up 32.1 billion Korean won ($34.7 million), followed by Lineage with 25.5 billion Korean won ($27.6 million). Guild Wars brought in 8.3 billion Korean won ($8.9 million), and City of Heroes/City of Villains 6.4 billion Korean won ($6.9 million). Although the two Lineage titles were ahead in sales, income dropped 16 percent for Lineage and 2 percent for Lineage II, while income from the City of Heroes/City of Villains franchise rose by 7 percent.

In the third quarter of 2007, Lineage II The Chaotic Throne: The Kamael will launch, along with SP Jam and Atrix. Aion will start closed beta testing on Halloween--October 31--in Korea. In the west, the Guild Wars expansion pack, Eye of the North is coming August 31, and upcoming sci-fi MMO Tabula Rasa is scheduled for an autumn release.

28 Comments

  • dengdyd

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 7:51 am PT

    make your game on ps3 right now , stop doing a 6 year old lineage over and over.

  • AceCometh

    Posted Aug 12, 2007 11:38 am PT

    NCSoft is supposed to be bringing some form of game to the PS3. That's what it has to do with consoles. I get the funny feeling that City of Heroes/Villains will be ported to Sony's console. I could careless what the bring... I won't buy it anyways.

  • GoodkupoBan

    Posted Aug 10, 2007 5:32 pm PT

    @Jagzthebest
    What the hell does NCsoft have to do with the PS3? I thought they only made PC MMOs.

  • Jagzthebest

    Posted Aug 10, 2007 8:35 am PT

    HURRY UP WITH THE PS3 GAMES, GET TO WORK!

  • Merl57

    Posted Aug 10, 2007 7:15 am PT

    I like guild wars but not paying per month for tabula even though it looks cool.

  • aura_enchanted

    Posted Aug 9, 2007 11:15 pm PT

    meh nuthing new here

  • fistoflight

    Posted Aug 9, 2007 1:28 pm PT

    boy when they are finished launching those games they are if not already gonna start working on the ps3 exclusive games :]

  • McHenry2

    Posted Aug 9, 2007 1:06 pm PT

    good i guess? i don't own guild wars but my friends friend got me into the beta before it came out cuz he preordered it, i'm not into RPG's but I enjoyed the P v P

  • chikahiro94

    Posted Aug 9, 2007 12:06 pm PT

    Actually, the numbers for COH went up with i9 which introduced the Invention System (crafting) and the Consignment Houses (Whitworths and the Black Market). I love COH, and was surprised at how much I enjoyed the new additions as well as how easily I can ignore them if I want. But, like many additions Cryptic has brought about (SG's, PVP, etc) they're completely optional parts of the game

    And congratulations to NCSoft on the whole! I'm waiting for Exteel to go open beta and get released, as it looks awesome (why no mention of it, though?).

  • gozalo

    Posted Aug 9, 2007 10:59 am PT

    Lineage 2 isint for the casual player, its a grind-o-rama, 2 years to get half way to the level cap, no i am not kidding.

  • desolation00

    Posted Aug 9, 2007 10:09 am PT

    Garriot's behind a MMO game that isn't Ultima? You have piqued my interest.

  • Blackfriend8

    Posted Aug 9, 2007 9:58 am PT

    im playing city of heroes and i love it

  • Agreb91

    Posted Aug 9, 2007 9:51 am PT

    Yay for them making money on lower sales!

  • playstation_wii

    Posted Aug 9, 2007 8:46 am PT

    So many numbers!

  • pwkalt1

    Posted Aug 9, 2007 8:13 am PT

    The reason City of Heroes/City of Villains is up 7% is because they just released their newest free expansion: "Invasion!". And, I mean, C'mon? Who doesn't want to fight off an invasion of super-powered aliens from another dimension?

  • bryinx

    Posted Aug 9, 2007 7:44 am PT

    lol... im part of the 7% that started playin city of heroes.... not a bad game at all rly...

  • Targzissian

    Posted Aug 9, 2007 7:31 am PT

    Tabula Rasa is going to use an upgraded version of the Auto Assault engine, I hear. And Auto Assault will close on August 31, just a few days after my free month of play runs out. It's been fun, but not spectacular, and I'm glad the resources required to maintain it will be diverted to other things.

  • Staryoshi87

    Posted Aug 9, 2007 7:19 am PT

    Keep up the good work, NC. Loved Lineage 2, love Guild Wars, curious about Tabula Rasa.

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