Game News - Guild Wars la cota 5 milioane de unităţi vândute

Game News - Guild Wars la cota 5 milioane de unităţi vândute

NC Soft tocmai şi-a umflat muşchii sud-coreeni anunţându-ne cu mare fast că MMORPG-ul Guild Wars a vândut peste 5 milioane de copii în toată lumea.

Cel mai mare publisher sud-coreean raportează depăşirea cincinalului în patru ani jumate, având la ora actuală peste 5 milioane de jucători de Guild Wars înscrişi pe site. Franciza dezvoltată de studioul NC Soft din Washington, ArenaNet pe numele său, e compusă din jocul original şi alte trei expansion-uri (GW Factions, GW Nightfall şi recent lansatul Eye of the North). Cum succesul atrage bani, era de-a dreptul anormal să n-avem un sequel pentru Guild Wars, aşa că NC Soft ni-l confirmă cu tărie, doar că... pentru la anu'.

"Guild Wars is a proven success and has set a new standard for online RPG games with its unique business model and superior playability," a spus CEO-ul NCsoft Taek Jin Kim. "ArenaNet is dedicated to creating games that expand the market and provide great new content to our loyal player base. This success has built a great foundation from which the next generation of Guild Wars games will grow."

"Reaching the five million mark is extremely gratifying for us at ArenaNet because it shows the hard work and dedication we put into our games has resonated with the fans," adaugă mândru Mike O’Brien, co-fondator ArenaNet. "We are committed to supporting all of our Guild Wars players, and at the same time, we’re extremely excited to work on the game’s evolution. Certainly the future of Guild Wars is as bright as its past and present."

Nu toate stau ca pe roze însă pe tărâmul fantasy al NC Soft. Compania tocmai a fost nevoită să anunţe închiderea studioului din Austin , pe motiv că MMORPG-ul Tabula Rasa a fost cam... tabula rasa la capitolul venituri pe anul trecut. Cu toate astea, publisher-ul sud coreean a reuşit totuşi să înregistreze un profit net de peste 48,4 milioane de dolari în 2007, deşi vânzările au scăzut cu 3% comparativ cu 2006.

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