Is ArcheAge "guarunteed" a North American release? Or does it depend on Korean sales?

Allhallows

I'm confused as to whether a North American release is "guarunteed" or just expected if the Korean release has good sales. 

Will the NA release just be a "port" or will we have our own team to make sure the game gets proper updates and such?

travdoty

I don't think anyone on this site is going to know that kind of information yet, as it's a question best asked of the developers at this stage in the game's life.

Daimyo21

Originally posted by Allhallows

I'm confused as to whether a North American release is "guarunteed" or just expected if the Korean release has good sales. 

Will the NA release just be a "port" or will we have our own team to make sure the game gets proper updates and such?

 

Jake Song created lineage 1 and brought it to the korean and NA market.  He worked for NCSOFT for 2+ years and released a bunch of titles in NA as well.  NA publishers are simply waiting to see if the game produces and comes out strong from beta.  Jake Song wont release until its solid so we may have to wait another year before we hear any NA announcements. 

ArcheAge is trying to pull off sooo many features on release that it naturally has to cut down on quality instead of sacrificing "promised content" that most companies release later in an expansions you must buy.

Its becoming a tougher market and publishers are just being cautious.  I think theyll see a good investment if Jake Song can get it right.

Mikeha

There is an official english site for the game so I think it will.

 

http://www.archeage.com/en

Manasu

A NA release is definitely guaranteed. Jake Song said in one of his first interviews that the key-market for ArcheAge is North America/ Europe. So they focus more on this release,and actually what he meant is that they will test it first to East and then bring it well-polished to West.