NCsoft Corporation announced its second quarter revenue. During the three months, the company reported revenues of 85.5 billion Korean won (?88.6m) on an operating income of 1.7 billion won (?1.8m), a pre-tax income of 4 billion (?4.1m) and a net loss of 200 million won (?207,000), slipping the company very marginally into the red.

By region, domestic sales amounted to KRW 52.9 billion (US?54.8 million), a decline of 4% from the previous quarter and 3% from the previous year. Sales in North America and Europe recorded strong growth of 39% and 144% to KRW 15.7 billion (US?16.3 million) and KRW 9.3 billion (US?9.6 million), lifted by the successful introduction of Guild Wars Factions. On a year to year comparison, sales in North America grew by 10% and in Europe grew by 192%. Steady sales of the Lineage series and Guild Wars led to sales of KRW 7.5 billion (US?7.8 million) in Japan, similar to the first quarter and the same period one year ago. The percentage breakdown of regional sales show almost half of all sales occurring overseas: Korea with 55% of total sales, North America with 18%, Europe with 11%, Japan with 9% and royalties with 7%.

By game, Lineage and Lineage II posted sales of KRW 28.5 billion (US?29.5 million) and KRW 28.4 billion (US?29.4 million), down 5% and 3% respectively from the previous quarter and unchanged year to year. Sales of City of Heroes®/City of Villains® were down quarter to quarter by 15% to KRW 5.5 billion (US?5.7 million) and down 5% year to year. Sales of Guild Wars showed a significant increase quarter to quarter, growing by 160% to KRW 16.4 billion (US?17 million) while growing 71% year over year. The strong numbers were spurred by the successful April launch of Guild Wars Factions in North America and Europe.