Netmarble's Seven Knights "accounts for half of total sales"
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stockmk2020@alphabiz.co.kr | 2023-10-12 05:46:58
"Seven Knights Idle Adventure" accounts for 55.9% of Netmarble's total game sales. The combined sales of all games of Netmarble, including "The Tower of God: A New World" (13%), "Blade & Soul Revolution" (10.6%) and "Lineage 2 Revolution" (6%), are not as good as "Raising Seven Knights."
"Seven Knights Idle Adventure" was also ranked ninth in the popular game rankings in September. The number of monthly users is 700,000.
Netmarble has also raised its mobile game publisher sales ranking in September through the launch of 'Seven Knights Idle Adventure'. It ranks fourth after NCsoft, Nexon and Kakao Games. Netmarble's mobile game publisher sales were estimated to be close to 40 billion won as of September.
'Seven Knights Idle Adventure' is the first neglected RPG (Role Performance Game) of Seven Knights IP (Intellectual Property Rights) and has put 'low specification', 'low capacity' and 'easy gameability' at the forefront. Fun elements that collect and nurture heroes from various original works reborn as SD characters are well received by users.
Netmarble, which recorded losses for six consecutive quarters until the second quarter, expects earnings to improve with the success of 'Seven Knights Idle Adventure'.
According to NH Investment & Securities, Netmarble's third-quarter earnings are expected to reach 667 billion won in sales and 11.8 billion won in operating losses. Netmarble's operating loss in the second quarter was 37.2 billion won.
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