Games & Commerce

Netmarble shifts focus from new game quantity to post-launch staying power

Netmarble is expanding its lineup of new game releases, but market attention is shifting from initial success to how long revenue can be sustained after launch. Several titles released from March to May did not generate enough results to offset marketing costs, highlighting operational staying power as a key variable for second-half earnings. The company posted first-quarter revenue of 651.7 billion won and operating profit of 53.1 billion won, missing market consensus on profit.

AI & Enterprise

Lab spinoffs\' high-growth rate 9 times higher than regular firms

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT said on Wednesday that the share of high-growth companies among firms founded on research results from universities and government-funded institutes was 9.3 times that of ordinary operating companies. In a survey of 3,850 surviving lab spinoffs less than 10 years old, 19.5 percent of firms with at least 10 regular workers were high-growth. Average employment rose to 9.6 in 2024 and average revenue to 900 million won.