The financial failure of Lineage W outside of South Korea and Taiwan is possibly one of the reasons for the reluctance of a European and North American release of the game by NCSoft. This came as a surprise, as Lineage W was aimed to cater to the overseas market. It is a fifth major installment of the Lineage. Notably in Japan, the third largest gaming market in Asia, the game found disappointing sale figures, with similar poor performance in countries like Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Lineage W is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by NCSoft. Īlthough Lineage W was very successful in the Korean and Taiwanese markets, it did not find similar success in other Asian markets.
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The game remained at the number one spot on Google Play in South Korea for a full month after its release, with estimated sales of more than 200 billion won (166 million dollars) by December of 2021.
It is estimated that the game earned 16 billion won every day during the first four days of its release, breaking record of highest first-day revenue a game from the company ever had. ĭespite popular concern, Lineage W topped the Google Store and iOS Store charts in South Korea for several days after its release.
Players were concerned with pay-to-win mechanics ported from former titles by NCSoft. Prior to its release, the game had mixed expectations from users and industry experts. Voice-to-text is also included in-game to make easy communication between players. It will support NCSoft in-house AI-Translation that can translate the chat/community/communication in real-time to the player. In order to convert all elements in Lineage from 2.5D to 3D, NCSoft has used Unreal Engine 4 to develop this game. Players from different countries can cooperate and compete in a single server. Lineage W introduces a single build for the global market to create a global battle community. NCSoft CCO Taek Jin Kim marked this game as the final Lineage. Later, NCsoft has updated the website to reveal more information and open for pre-registration.
Targeted for worldwide launch with most platforms supported. The week before THE WORLD showcase events, NCSoft announced for new Lineage game that will be set to the largest launching title ever.
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