NCSoft this past week reported on their quarter one financial statistics. All I can say is it’s not very good. Revenues dipped by 7% and profits dropped by 30%. Currently the only games that are really drawing in revenue for them are Aion — which makes up roughly 44 percent of their revenue — and Lineage 1 and 2 — which make up close to the other half. The company itself stated the reason for declines were small scale sales promotions for its two main games: Aion and Lineage.
Aion sales in the US declined a bit, but its sales in the Asian territories seem to be doing well. The only thing I can imagine is that maybe American gamers are starting to get a bit bored of current MMOs? Aion is scheduled to have its new patch 2.5 Empyrean Calling dropping soon, hopefully this well help boost sales.
[ Source: NCSoft Reports Decline in Profits ]
