LINEAGE W NORTH AMERICA UPDATE

Let's just hope the other games still get dragged along for the ride.

If the company keeps producing hits like that or Lineage 2 M every couple of years, then those records might keep falling. Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Russia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East would belong to Group 1, while the countries in North America, Europe, and South America to. Lineage W is currently only available in select territories, but NCSoft plans to expand its service worldwide, including to North America and Europe, sometime this year. Lineage W cherishes the fundamental values of Lineage IP, and it would like to share the fun memories it had with numerous users with an even larger of users from various countries. Operating profit for the year was about $311 million, which was still down 55% from 2020, thanks to the 'pandemic bump' and Lineage 2 M providing the then-' best quarter ever.' Don't worry, though - NCSoft won't need to launch a Patreon any time soon to meet costs.

LINEAGE W NORTH AMERICA UPDATE

On a yearly basis, Aion got a boost from its classic servers, while Blade & Soul's much-lauded UE4 update did nothing to help that game's fortunes in 2021, it brought in about half the revenue it did in 2019.ĭespite Lineage W's great showing, profits and income for the year were down, due to the development and marketing costs of the title. Q4 2021 was also a down quarter for NCSoft's PC games, with just Guild Wars 2 posting numbers better than in Q3. Admittedly, those numbers are a little aberrant in the short term, and Lineage W is available on other platforms, but even going back over the prior four quarters - when there were no major mobile releases - the revenue split is roughly three-to-one in favor of mobile games. In total, mobile games accounted for 80% of NCSoft's take for the quarter. That's one mobile game accounting for nearly half of the company's revenue for the quarter.

Everything else: 53% of NCSoft's Q4 revenue.

The company's Q4 2021 earnings report is out, and it goes something like this: At this point, we should probably consider ourselves fortunate that NCSoft continues making games that aren't for mobile devices.

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