Healthy quarter for MMO specialist – but income down 42% year-on-year
NCsoft has posted a net profit for its Q2 in 2008-2009 of
$5.9 million – down 42 per cent year-on-year.
The company reported operating income of of $7.7 million, down 25 percent on the second quarter in 2007-2008.
Sales were up seven per cent to $78.6 million.
NCsoft attributed the drop in operating profit was to continued investment across the company’s development studios.
"In order to maintain our ongoing development cycles and a diverse game portfolio, multiple games are in development currently across all NCsoft studios,” said NCsoft CFO Jaeho Lee.
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