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NCsoft denies leaving the games market

Filed under: Business models, MMO industry, News items

Last week Jonathan Northwood had a great writeup on the news out of Korea that NCsoft might have been shifting its focus away from games. Today, the company has come out to categorically say that's not the case.

An article at the GamesIndustry.biz site clarifies that the company is only 'looking into social networking' as a means of roping more players into its burgeoning online gaming business.

"As an online company NCsoft is constantly looking at new and innovative ways to interact with its audience and to bring its core content to players all over the world. There are many new developments right now that are shaping how our players interact and in general how people are using the internet. We intend to move with the times and offer communication channels that are relevant to our audience." The publisher has recently released social networking services in Korea, but has no current plans to bring the services to Europe [or the US] at this time.

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