NCSoft Q4 Revenues Increase - Thanks to Guild Wars 2

NCSoft, the Korean MMORPG juggernaut, released Q4 2015 earnings today and they reported $196.7M in revenue, the highest in over a year, largely thanks to Guild Wars 2 (the Heart of Thorns expansion launched in Q4). Every single other major NCSoft franchise showed quarter over quarter revenue growth too as pictured below:

The biggest contributor to top line growth this quarter was most definitely Guild Wars 2 though. Blade and Soul as well as Lineage 2 revenues are the highest they've been in over a year as well. Wildstar's free to play transition is showing some strength too, as the game brought in more money than any other quarter except Q4 2014 (launch quarter). The only major NCSoft franchise in decline on a year over year basis seems to be Aion as seen below:

NCSoft's stock (Korea Stock Exchange: 036570) has performed exceptionally well over the last few months, especially since global stocks have been in free-fall since 2016 began. NCSoft's stock is sitting at multi-year highs.

Nexon's earnings were also released recently and they didn't perform nearly as well. Nexon's stock price collapsed over 14% after reporting mediocre numbers.

Source: NCSoft Investor Relations Page