NCsoft's Profits Way Up on Aion Sales [Nov 06, 2009, 11:03 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
GameSpot has NCsoft's latest financial reporting, including word that Aion has now sold more than 500,000 units in North America and 470,000 copies in Europe. This leads to some impressive results: "The Korean publisher reported revenues today that were up 112 percent to KRW166 billion ($142 million). Net income during the July-September period soared to KRW46.9 billion ($40 million), a whopping 836 percent year-over-year rise."
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A polished MMO keeping players and making money? I wonder if this will catch on.
I'm not convinced it will. WoW has succeeded mostly on its accessibility to the casual player (to the consternation of the lifeless raider).
Aion, while inviting to that same base, looses them quickly when it turns into a painful, mindless, brutal grind in the midlevels. Just about everyone I know that was excited about it at launch has recently given up for boredom.
I'm pretty sure it's probably easy to sell 2.8 million copies of an expansion when you already have 9 million people forking over $15/month
This is true.
to do the exact same thing every single night that they've been doing since the last expansion.
This is not true. Please don't generalize.
"...and now with sports. The Cointen Spinky Whompers flumped the Floing Boing Welfencloppers, 70-fluff to 40-flabe. At the tone, the time will be 26 railroad."
I hate payin' for MMO's and not playing them because of release season.
Damn you Dragon Age and Torchlight.
And damn you Droid!
Damn you Dragon Age and Torchlight.
And damn you Droid!
A polished MMO keeping players and making money? I wonder if this will catch on.
Wrath of the Lich King, a mere expansion, shattered records by selling 2.8 million copies in its first 24 hours.
I'm pretty sure it's probably easy to sell 2.8 million copies of an expansion when you already have 9 million people forking over $15/month to do the exact same thing every single night that they've been doing since the last expansion.
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1 million copies at $50 each is $50 million total, and nowhere near all of that is profit only to them. They probably only get $10 or $20 million out of that.
It may be impressive but its also only a fraction of that revenue they are reporting.
It may be impressive but its also only a fraction of that revenue they are reporting.
Okay, now finish Guild Wars 2. 
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GameSpot has NCsoft's latest financial reporting, including word that Aion has now sold more than 500,000 units in North America and 470,000 copies in Europe. This leads to some impressive results: "The Korean publisher reported revenues today that were up 112 percent to KRW166 billion ($142 million). Net income during the July-September period soared to KRW46.9 billion ($40 million), a whopping 836 percent year-over-year rise."
Wrath of the Lich King, a mere expansion, shattered records by selling 2.8 million copies in its first 24 hours.
"...and now with sports. The Cointen Spinky Whompers flumped the Floing Boing Welfencloppers, 70-fluff to 40-flabe. At the tone, the time will be 26 railroad."
blew my $ on this game..
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