Aka Games announced its 3Q results on the 2nd and 2022.
The 3Q sales, which applied the international accounting standards for Korea, accounted for about 34%, down about 34% year-on-year and 9% Qom. Operating profit was about 43.7 billion won, an increase of 2% year-on-year. Overall, sales have declined significantly, but operating profit has succeeded in maintaining a similar level of operating profit by 37.9% year-on-year.
The significant decrease in sales is that Odin: Gala Rising, which had been decorated in the third quarter of last year, stabilized some downward, and the new Uranus Me Pretty Derby, which was expected to make an empty position, was not as good as expected. In particular, the controversy over the operation of the operation has had a significant impact since August. In fact, in terms of Aka Games, the mobile game division, which includes Odin and Amuse, accounted for about 8% Qom and about 197 billion won, down 52% from the same period last year.
In addition, PC online games achieved sales of about 11% Qom, down 26% year-on-year, to about 13.3 billion won. Other sales, including Aka EX, decreased by 13% Qom to a 156% increase from the same period last year.
Aka Games plans to launch a large-scale update, including Odin’s large combat content, Siege, and aim to rebound the performance by operating a speedy Taiwan market. In addition, Uranus Me Pretty Derby’s popular character updates and steady events are targeting users.
At the same time, the company will launch various genres of new works that are expected to be a global market. The PC online survival game ‘Estella’ will be released in the form of ahead of the 24th, and collect RPG ‘Ever Soul’, large MMORPG ‘Arch Age War’, MMORPG ‘Ares: Live of Guardians’, Action RPG ‘Guards Order’ will be introduced sequentially in the market. In addition, the company plans to focus on blockchain games such as Born Battle, and global services in Japan and North America in Odin.