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 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.
Its artificial intelligence translation program solved the problem of language barriers between users and NCSOFT built a global cloud network to minimize network delays.The week before THE WORLD showcase events, NCSoft announced for new Lineage game that will be set to the largest launching title ever. "Lineage W" players can gather and interact with one server without distinguishing countries in the game. "The total number of users and the proportion of overseas users are also the highest among NCSOFT games." "Unlike other existing games, Lineage W continues to see major traffic increases, including those of simultaneous users," an NCSOFT official said during a third-quarter earnings conference call. In contrast to a typical MMORPG, where indicators fall gradually with the number of users peaking on the first day of introduction, the number of servers for "Lineage W" increased by more than 1.5 times over a month. However, as more people joined the game, NCSOFT kept increasing the number of worlds to 15 with 180 servers in operation. When it was first launched, there were nine worlds powered by 108 servers. The popularity of "Lineage W" is evident in the fact that the number of worlds available has been expanded six times already. KB Securities estimated average daily sales for "Lineage W" to reach 8 billion won in the fourth quarter of this year. It chalked up the highest daily sales performance by an NCSOFT game on the first day of release, far above "Lineage M" with a track record of 10.7 billion won in 2017. 1 in App Store sales just 16 hours after launch and rose to the top of Google Play sales two days later. Global presales surpassed 13 million and the game topped the popularity rankings of mobile application stores in eight countries. "Lineage W" drew a huge amount of interest around the world before it was revealed. "Lineage W" is receiving favorable reviews for maximizing the excitement offered by the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) genre. It has been a month since NCSOFT launched its new game, "Lineage W," which is available in 12 countries including Korea, Taiwan and Japan. Trailer image of NCSOFT's "Lineage W" / Courtesy of NCSOFT
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