The fantasy MMO Guild Wars 2 has earned significantly less in the last quarter compared to the previous year. The publisher NCSoft announces very softly that they may soon say something about a possible expansion.
Currently, quarterly figures are coming in from various companies, including the Korean publisher NCSoft, which is mainly associated in the West with Guild Wars 2 and WildStar. For Guild Wars 2, a 19.6% decrease in revenue compared to the previous year and 8.5% less than in the second quarter of 2014 is reported. This means Guild Wars 2 has recorded the lowest revenue to date in the last quarter. Nevertheless, NCSoft is satisfied with the developments in the West, although they expected more from the expansion to China.
In the future, they plan to advertise more aggressively and initiate some marketing campaigns to attract new players to GW2.
A sensitive topic among fans is an expansion. They desire a lot. Here, NCSoft has only a weak statement: “The game is now two years old. Therefore, we think that in the not-too-distant future, an opportunity may arise to present our plans for expansion packages.”
Overall, NCSoft is doing well, mainly due to the strong presence of the corporation in the Asian market. Here, older and rather unknown games in the West like Aion, Lineage 1, and Lineage 2 continue to generate revenue.
For hardcore fans of the numbers, here are our two articles on NCSoft’s first and second quarter reports this year:
1st Quarter 2014: Guild Wars 2 weakens in revenue
2nd Quarter 2014: WildStar: Sales figures are sobering
