2010 4Q earnings

http://www.ncsoft.net/global/ir/quarterly.aspx

Haven't had a chance to look at them yet, but they're out!

Ok, I suck at this and am not exactly sure how to read it, but
1 US Dollar today shows to equal 1127 Korean Won (approx).

The 2010 SALES info shows this

2010 (Unit : KR Mn Won)
City of Heroes / Villains
1Q-------2Q--------3Q-------4Q------Total

3,348 --- 3,491 --- 5,709 --- 3,239 --- 15,787

Not exactly sure how this is mean to be read however.. Is that 15,787 million Korean won?

If Im doing the math right (which I wont promise)
converted it looks like that was an estimated 14 million US $$ in sales assuming thats for everything sold. Boosters, slots, GR and subs (and whatever else).

Looks like its still earning enough to stay afloat
YAY !

It's hanging in there, though it's still lower YoY. And they were short of their projected 2010 goal of 19,000 mn won

2004 31,475 (incomplete year 3 qtr)
2005 34,265
2006 25,016
2007 23,446
2008 24,217
2009 22,909
2010 15,787

Can also place the subscribers in a very rough ballpark figure of about 63k subs. Assuming all sales are from subscriptions...which it isn't, so that's an optimistic figure.

EDIT: Oh, for the exchange rate i was getting 1135.05837 won average ask price per US dollar for the period of october to december 2010.

Waiting for the cries of DOOOOOOOM!

I don't mind having Korea and Japan subsidize my game.

They clearly need to release more booster packs

what quarter was the "pre-purchase" of going rogue in? By prepurchase I mean what program it was that let me play Dual Pistols before everyone else

GR pre-purchase was in 1Q 2010.

Not surprised.

Aww, I like City Of Heroes a hell of a lot, but I think my estimate for the lifetime of this game stands to what I said. I give it two more years. It's getting a bit long in the tooth now. Going Rogue certainly did not bring in the players that they had hoped to bring in. The DEPRESSION we're in has certainly had a negative effect too. I hope if things turn around people will resubscribe.

Funny thing is, just based on looking at the server load lights, it seems like there's a lot more players on consistently than there were before GR. I almost never used to see any of them in yellow/red apart from virtue and freedom unless there was some sort of event, now most of the list is usually yellow when I log in during prime time.

So where is the impact of all those players? Were they just players who were already subscribed but not playing very often? Seems a bit farfetched.

I'm beginning to think that the suspicions of the server loads only appearing to be at higher capacity are just that; an appearance. I'm on right now and Virtue is in three red, yet the zones are virtually empty. Not everyone is plowing down enemies on their fifties right now... Again, I hope this game holds out for two more years.

It better be one hell of a good cookie if you have wait 2 years.

Don't know GG, but I've been playing off and on since 2007 (new account here) and it just seems like it's well past its prime. Take into account that Going Rogue is without a doubt the last major investment into this game given the recent figures and the fact that a slew of old timers have moved on to other things. I wouldn't doubt that they have enough stuff in pipe line they've already invested in to last the next year, but after that... I'm not too sure. If the numbers continue the way they are now on such a downward trend...