Comments on: Guild Wars 2 Crumbs: NCSoft Conference Call

By: Callidus Of Laconia

Callidus Of Laconia — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:31:01 +0000

I know this is old, but I just stumbled upon it and am praying to every god I know of that the GW2 beta is out by winter at least. If ANet is having money issues I think they should put out a release date of the beta at least to bring back the old players and offer out a pre-order (I know Amazon is doing one, but I don’t trust that for some reason). Even though the release has been pushed back I honestly think they will see an amazing amount of players rushing to GW2 as soon as it’s released. GW boasts 6 million, I’m sure GW2 will beat that. My only worry is that ANet will do the stupid thing and drop the project, I would be one very disgruntled customer.

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Guild Wars - Not Really An Article | Kill Ten Rats — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:45:50 +0000

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By: Mildred

Mildred — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:56:19 +0000

I am not as surprised as you at the buzz viral marketing strategy – it seems perfect for this and you are proof that it is creating quite a sensation :-)

By: Crimson Starfire

Crimson Starfire — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:49:13 +0000

Your right. Any news on Guild Wars 2 will drop like an atom bomb. I plan to be riding that bomb ;)

It will certainly be interesting if SW:TOR and GW2 launch around the same time. Two of my favorite developers Bioware and ArenaNet going head to head… I’d be torn.

By: Sente

Sente — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:46:42 +0000

I think NCSoft will certainly watch what happens with Aion in the Western market and will probably not make any other releases (i.e. Guild Wars 2) too close to that one.

By: Ravious

Ravious — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:04:19 +0000

A stock analyst is a person that rates corporations and stocks… nominally with a BUY/HOLD/SELL rating. They can make comprehensive reports, etc. so if a heavy hitting mutual fund from CitiBank or elsewhere wants to buy NCSoft stock, a lot of times they will see what an analyst has to say.

IOW, totally separate from GW2 funding.

By: Tesh

Tesh — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:52:21 +0000

Citibank? Really? Those guys are desperate for cash because they are neck deep in toxic “assets” like subprime and Alt-A loans. They might not even be around next year. If the GW2 guys are counting on them for funding, we may see some delays still.

By: Ravious

Ravious — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:36:01 +0000

Ah, you are correct. I missed that part. Still, something should happen on Guild Wars’ birthday!

By: Openedge1

Openedge1 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:35:30 +0000

We have seen NCSoft has lost direction.
But, they are savvy as well.
Focus on the Asian market has been first and foremost.
A recent article stated South Korea is investing a whopping 200 mill into Online Games
And what game is the focus of the Korean market?

Aion

So, Guild Wars and the Western Market is second string for NCSoft at this point. So many failures in the North American market for NCSoft probably has them rumbling underneath, and leery of further development until cash flow continues.
If Aion tanks here, then expect NCSoft to leave the states is my opinion.
And Guild Wars will be slow coming if that happens.

By: Denozile

Denozile — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:29:22 +0000

If I remember correctly, the Zaishen chest tonics rotate in a yearly cycle. So the reason the rewards chart ends in April is because it will restart with the phantasmal tonic in May. I don’t think that means too much then but it would make May an even better surprise!