Nexon Q4 2014 Financial Results

http://ir.nexon.co.jp/en/

Q4 2014 Investor Presentation: http://pdf.irpocket.com/C3659/nKx5/ChgD/Ovq1.pdf
Nexon Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014 Results : http://pdf.irpocket.com/C3659/nKx5/mReG/ooGC.pdf
Shareholder Letter: http://ir.nexon.co.jp/en/library/pdf/20150212_3.pdf

All is well for all regions except for Japan and Europe + Others. North America is looking really positive!
Dominations (iOS/Android) and Legion of Heroes (iOS Ver.) is expected to launch this year in NA.
They mentioned yoy revenue growth in MapleStory, Mabinogi and Vindictus in NA due to improved operations and management (the NA branch also received a new management team).
They expect high teens to 20+% YOY increase in NA.


Region Fun Facts:
(Percetages were rounded to the nearest whole number)
Q4 2011 - Q4 2014:
99% increase in China between Q4 2011 to Q4 2014.
131% increase in Korea between Q4 2011 to Q4 2014.
88% increase in Japan between Q4 2011 to Q4 2014.
15% increase in North America between Q4 2011 to Q4 2014.
25% decrease in Europe/Others between Q4 2011 to Q4 2014.

Q4 2012 - Q4 2014:
48% increase in China between Q4 2012 to Q4 2014.
137% increase in Korea between Q4 2012 to Q4 2014.
31% decrease in Japan between Q4 2012 to Q4 2014.
45% increase in North America between Q4 2012 to Q4 2014.
7% decrease in Europe/Others between Q4 2012 to Q4 2014.

Revenue By Region Changes:
Q4 2011: China 37%; Korea 33%; Japan 17%; 6% NA; 7% EU
Q4 2012: China 36%; Korea 23%; Japan 32% 4% NA; 5% EU
Q4 2014: China 38%; Korea 39%; Japan 16% 4% NA; 3% EU

Other:
93% increase in total revenue between Q4 2011 to Q4 2014.
43% increase in revenue from PC between Q4 2012 to Q4 2014.
26% increase in revenue from mobile between Q4 2012 to Q4 2014.

TYO:3659 share price is up 11% from Dec. 16th, 2011 (as of 3pm (stock trading end time) Feb. 12, 2015 JST)

I'm surprised to see Nexon NA is actually doing better

I'm surprised to see Nexon NA is actually doing better

So am I! This is good news! For a while I was kind of scared that if NexonNA went under then MS/MS2 would go down with them.

With all the new changes to the Vindictus forums and Community manager and crap, I was hoping for good news for it.
And of course releasing a new female character with default on max bazongas has its merits.

Surprised that Maple did well when the only major update in Q4 was the last bit of the Star World update. Haven't logged in a while but I guess the Maple Rewards System is a success?