NCSoft Financials Show Promise, Game Delays

Thanks to GameGossip for its story discussing Korea-originating MMO firm NCSoft's financial results for the first half of 2004. Along with an "operating profit [of] $23 million", specific sales/subscription numbers were announced, a rarity in the MMO world, as the company "reported that Lineage II and City Of Heroes are both doing well, with sales as of the end of June at 86,000 units (Lineage II) and 190,000 units (City Of Heroes) respectively. Meanwhile, as far as active players are concerned, NCsoft reported that Lineage II and [the soon to be cape-friendly] City Of Heroes have 76,000 and 170,000 active players respectively." However, delays to NCSoft's forthcoming titles were also announced, since "Guild Wars has been pushed from Q4 2004 to the first-half of 2005. Meanwhile, [recently re-organized Richard Garriott title] Tabula Rasa has fallen back from Q4 2004 to the second-half of 2005."

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Guildwars delayed?

[jlink7]

Quote from http://www.guildwars.com/Guildwars.com:

"What is the expected release date?

There has been no change in the release window, and we anticipate that Guild Wars will be released in the second half of 2004."

That was in the official game FAQ, where is this news of the game being delayed coming from?

Re:Or...

[Elsebet]

CoH is one of the few MMORPG's where duos or small groups work just as well, if not better than huge groups.

Time spent in FFXI: ~4 months
Duo: Warrior & White Mage (Me)
Level attained playing casually: 16 (almost 17) of ~70

Time spent in CoH: ~3 months
Duo: AR/Dev Blaster & Emp/Dark Defender (Me)
Level attained playing casually: 27 of 50

Guess which one is still active? :)