Nexon North America has recently posted their Q2 2010 results with a 26 percent increase in growth as the company now reports 7 million players in Maple Story alone, up 1 million YoY. The company reports that June in particular showed strong growth (school summer holidays?), with revenues increasing a solid 36 percent when compared to June ’09.
Naturally, the increase in revenues is tied to the aforementioned increase in users. Maple Story North America has now officially surpassed the 7 million registered user mark. Likewise, Nexon’s first-person-shooter offering, Combat Arms has passed the 4 million registered user mark, and Mabinogi went over the 1 million mark earlier this year. From these three titles alone, that puts Nexon North America at over 13 million registered users, and that’s not even including Dungeon Fighter Online, PopTag, and Vindictus.
“Our player base and revenues continue to expand, which tells us that gamers find that our free-to-play business model fits their play needs,” said Daniel Kim, Nexon Americas CEO. “MapleStory is celebrating its fifth year of service in North America and shows no sign of slowing down, while Combat Arms is growing into one of the markets most popular online FPS games. With the recent successful launch of Dungeon Fighter Online and the release of Vindictus on the horizon, 2010 looks to be a big year for Nexon in North America.”
And if the numbers alone aren’t enough to back up Kim’s supposition, Nexon’s strong (and first) showing at this year’s past E3 convention in Los Angeles has firmly planted Nexon on the North American gamers’ radar. In addition to excited attendees that got their hands on Vindictus for the first time, Nexon also through what’s been reported as, “definitely a contender for ‘Best E3 Party’.” There may or may not have been reports of gaming industry figure Thresh dancing on tables with sparklers atwhirl. But again, this may or may not just be speculation.
“We made a strong statement about Nexons leadership position at E3 and we will work hard to maintain that momentum, deliver great games and continue to satisfy the gaming pubic,” Kim added.
Nexon North America has been five years in the making now, and as Kim states, it looks like the hard work and persistence are starting to pay off, and in droves. Again, the numbers above reflect only Nexon NA’s three largest titles, with a fourth, Vindictus, poised for closed beta launch on August 10th. It should be quite interesting to see how/what Nexon’s numbers will look like this time next year.
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