In the SF-MMO WildStar , the numbers for the first quarter of 2015 are now available. Revenues in the previous quarters had continually declined.
The Korean publisher NCSoft has released its data for the first quarter of 2015. Our perspective in the West is primarily focused on the struggling SF-MMO WildStar. The Pay2Play game saw a relatively good second quarter, where it celebrated its release and sold boxes, but then significantly lost players in the following months. Already in the third quarter of 2014, the revenues looked bad, and in the winter quarter of 2014, they dropped drastically.
Now the numbers for the first quarter of 2015 are here, and the revenues have dropped again by more than half. And that from a low level. While WildStar earned a good quarter of what Guild Wars 2 made in the winter, it has now fallen to an eighth.
In the third quarter of 2014 , around 13 million euros were generated, but in the fourth quarter, only 4.4 million were earned. For the first quarter, some fans hoped that a recovery could take place, as the directly competing WoW had lost much of its former glory.
However, this did not happen: In the first quarter of 2015, revenues fell to approximately 2.1 million euros.
For a long time, the MMO WildStar has been considered a problem case despite great reviews . We have also heavily discussed on our side, whether a shift from a subscription to a free-to-play model could provide a second chance.
