Yikes, that's it for gw2 on an expansion release? Only doubling what the last quarter normal spending was? Ouch!
Double the revenue is not enough?
41,398 that would be double, they got 37,331
Still good imo.
Agreed. Any increase in profits is a good thing. However, I'm not surprised. if they made 40, people would have said 'why not 45?' If they would have said 45, people would have said 'why not 50?' Anything to make it seem like a bad thing.
It looks like they are making some good coin in a number of areas. Always a positive story for the MMO industry.
Isn't HOT revenue spread out in more than 1 quarter? Like the preorders were up in July(?) Im sure i bought my preorder in August. So its kinda wrong to base the revenue on Q4. Still kinda disappointed Edit 2: GW2 reddit makes a valid point that the expansion was pretty expensive
Yes and no.
Usually companies don't "book" pre-order revenue until the product (or service) is delivered. Usually it will be shown as anticipated future revenue. (Depends on the reporting standards used.)
However based on GW2's sales it is reasonable to assume that HoT will continue to generate some additional revenue going forward. Some HoT sales will probably be to retailers as well which will muddy the water.
GW2's basic costs however will be largely unchanged however many people play more revenue will translate not only to higher profit but also a higher Return on Investment. There is, of course, the matter of what it cost to make HoT.
What we don't know however is how much of the extra revenue is due to sales of HoT and how much is down to basic GW2 becoming free-to-download.
Someone should make an MMO about the stock market and finances. Everyone on this site would be in their glory.
"My company has more sales than you! I win!"
"Nuh uh, compared to what you should have had you didn't perform well at all!"
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Thanks Kano, because of you we now have 8 months left of worthless posting because you already blew the lid off of 2016.
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It looks like they are making some good coin in a number of areas. Always a positive story for the MMO industry.
I self identify as a monkey.
"My company has more sales than you! I win!"
"Nuh uh, compared to what you should have had you didn't perform well at all!"
Yes and no.
Usually companies don't "book" pre-order revenue until the product (or service) is delivered. Usually it will be shown as anticipated future revenue. (Depends on the reporting standards used.)
However based on GW2's sales it is reasonable to assume that HoT will continue to generate some additional revenue going forward. Some HoT sales will probably be to retailers as well which will muddy the water.
GW2's basic costs however will be largely unchanged however many people play more revenue will translate not only to higher profit but also a higher Return on Investment. There is, of course, the matter of what it cost to make HoT.
What we don't know however is how much of the extra revenue is due to sales of HoT and how much is down to basic GW2 becoming free-to-download.
Hear Hear!
You know I bought 1000 shares of macromedia for $13 a share way way back based on an editorial on the very last page of a PC gamer magazine. Literally every penny I had and them some. They then split 3 times before the adobe buy out giving me 8000 shares going into the buyout. After the acquisition I had roughly 5000 shares of adobe, shortly after it split to give me 10000 shares of adobe. Adobe is currently around $74 a share. All thanks to PC Gamer.
Thanks Kano, because of you we now have 8 months left of worthless posting because you already blew the lid off of 2016.