You may have heard of the Korean Wave, the spread of Korean culture through movies, dramas, pop music, and more. But did you know that leading the wave—at least in terms of cash—are video games?
Nearly all of the IPs in the publisher's portfolio report a slip in sales as the NCSoft Q1 report is now online for viewing.
GW2 decline due to NCsoft kept trying to push that esport bs when it wasn't that much interest in it.
I believe GW2 will be pick, the game still has tons of people including myself :D doing meta events etc. Now if the rumor about a new expansion is true (please!!) sales would shoot way up.
Cute Korean idol Solbin will be a game character.
The 'Sudden Attack Masters' campaign has produced a lot of celebrity characters for the game such as Lee Si Young, Hello Venus' Nara, After School's Nana, TWICE, and Nine Muses' Kyung Li. The latest character to join the line-up will be Solbin, and the game released a bunch of promotional photos for her!
The NCSoft Q4 2016 report shows overall profits up, with Lineage performing strong, Guild Wars 2 continuing its slide, and WildStar no longer reported.
Good thing about the korean gaming industry : MMO's !