When North American gamers typically think about the Lineage series, the first title that comes to mind is Lineage II. Our continent really didn't get a chance to get into the original Lineage like with older titles like EverQuest and Ultima Online. Millions of Korean players loved the game, however, and many are still hard at work on their characters. For the first time, NCsoft is preparing to really push Lineage towards the North American marketplace.
Recently, Ten Ton Hammer had the opportunity to sit down with two of the men in charge of pushing the original Lineage to the North American consumer: Yong Take Bae, Lineage Producer and Young Park, Lineage Product Assistant for NCsoft West.
Nearly all of the IPs in the publisher's portfolio report a slip in sales as the NCSoft Q1 report is now online for viewing.
GW2 decline due to NCsoft kept trying to push that esport bs when it wasn't that much interest in it.
I believe GW2 will be pick, the game still has tons of people including myself :D doing meta events etc. Now if the rumor about a new expansion is true (please!!) sales would shoot way up.
The NCSoft Q4 2016 report shows overall profits up, with Lineage performing strong, Guild Wars 2 continuing its slide, and WildStar no longer reported.
In a twist of events between two partners, NCSoft sues Netmarble for infringement, claiming location names and other assets from the Lineage IP were taken.
