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More Delays for ArcheAge 2, as Kakao Games' Operating Profit Takes 89% YoY Dip | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited August 12 in News & Features Discussion

imageMore Delays for ArcheAge 2, as Kakao Games' Operating Profit Takes 89% YoY Dip | MMORPG.com

The back and forth for ArcheAge 2's planned release seems to point to more delays, as indicated in Kakao Games' latest financials. 

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  • Elidien_gaElidien_ga Member UncommonPosts: 408
    edited August 12
    From a historical perspective, these types of news articles are usually followed with a "It's fine" response and then a declaration of bankruptcy or closure of a game. Not to sound negative, but 89%, that's a lot. I would argue thats not a dip but a cliff.
  • ultimateduckultimateduck Member EpicPosts: 1,309
    I liked AA the game as a whole. I didn't like the P2W added later. I was kind of looking forward to how this developed. It seems like it may never hit the market.

    Of course, the best option is a decent developer takes over the game and releases something good.
  • AngrakhanAngrakhan Member EpicPosts: 1,839
    More interested in PoE2 to be honest.
    or1h1m3
  • DattelisDattelis Member EpicPosts: 1,675
    I'm sure Chrono Odyssey will save them!
    GrimDogGaming
  • VrikaVrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,989
    edited August 13
    From a historical perspective, these types of news articles are usually followed with a "It's fine" response and then a declaration of bankruptcy or closure of a game. Not to sound negative, but 89%, that's a lot. I would argue thats not a dip but a cliff.
    It's 89% dip in profits, not income. It's a bad result, but there's no danger that making profit could lead them to going bankrupt.
     
  • GrimDogGamingGrimDogGaming Member UncommonPosts: 178
    Vrika said:
    From a historical perspective, these types of news articles are usually followed with a "It's fine" response and then a declaration of bankruptcy or closure of a game. Not to sound negative, but 89%, that's a lot. I would argue thats not a dip but a cliff.
    It's 89% dip in profits, not income. It's a bad result, but there's no danger that making profit could lead them to going bankrupt.
    No, but it can easily lead to "This shit ain't worth it." and closing up shop.
  • DattelisDattelis Member EpicPosts: 1,675
    GrimDogGaming said:
    Vrika said:
    From a historical perspective, these types of news articles are usually followed with a "It's fine" response and then a declaration of bankruptcy or closure of a game. Not to sound negative, but 89%, that's a lot. I would argue thats not a dip but a cliff.
    It's 89% dip in profits, not income. It's a bad result, but there's no danger that making profit could lead them to going bankrupt.
    No, but it can easily lead to "This shit ain't worth it." and closing up shop.

    Personally, I wouldn't trust Kakao at running anything. They take over AAU and the first thing they think is smart is to make a B2P version into a strictly P2P version.....Not only that, they see that the idea was obviously stupid after around 6 months and just decide to merge that version straight into f2p instead of just reverting back to b2p. Did they seriously think that something was originally f2p then goes b2p only to go p2p under them would seriously be 'okay' to just merge everything into f2p? People were calling for the b2p version for a reason. Kakao is more clueless than Gamigo and that's pretty impressive but really only spells failure for Chrono Odyssey and AA2.
  • ChumoChumo Member UncommonPosts: 17

    Elidien_ga said:

    From a historical perspective, these types of news articles are usually followed with a "It's fine" response and then a declaration of bankruptcy or closure of a game. Not to sound negative, but 89%, that's a lot. I would argue thats not a dip but a cliff.



    A dip in operating profits could also just be due to a larger investment in development or other capital expenses. Also, depending on the number, this might be insignificant. Stewing and jumping to conclusions after glancing through some financials is at best, foolhardy, and at worst, click bait.
  • ultimateduckultimateduck Member EpicPosts: 1,309
    Dattelis said:
    GrimDogGaming said:
    Vrika said:
    From a historical perspective, these types of news articles are usually followed with a "It's fine" response and then a declaration of bankruptcy or closure of a game. Not to sound negative, but 89%, that's a lot. I would argue thats not a dip but a cliff.
    It's 89% dip in profits, not income. It's a bad result, but there's no danger that making profit could lead them to going bankrupt.
    No, but it can easily lead to "This shit ain't worth it." and closing up shop.

    Personally, I wouldn't trust Kakao at running anything. They take over AAU and the first thing they think is smart is to make a B2P version into a strictly P2P version.....Not only that, they see that the idea was obviously stupid after around 6 months and just decide to merge that version straight into f2p instead of just reverting back to b2p. Did they seriously think that something was originally f2p then goes b2p only to go p2p under them would seriously be 'okay' to just merge everything into f2p? People were calling for the b2p version for a reason. Kakao is more clueless than Gamigo and that's pretty impressive but really only spells failure for Chrono Odyssey and AA2.
    I think they did that because they wanted to go back to the old model with no P2W. By then, the damage was done and people weren't interested.

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