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> @"Sir Vincent III.1286" said:

> > @"Swagger.1459" said:

> > > @"Sir Vincent III.1286" said:

> > > > @"Swagger.1459" said:

> > > > > @"Kurrilino.2706" said:

> > > > > > @"Swagger.1459" said:

> > > > > > > @"Sir Vincent III.1286" said:

> > > > > > > > @"Ashantara.8731" said:

> > > > > > > > Have to repost, because the video in my previous thread was in German. So, here is solely the link this time:

> > > > > > > > https://boards.greenhouse.io/arenanet/jobs/2014609

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> > > > > > > > Looks like resources are being coordinated elsewhere again.

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> > > > > > > At least it's not for mobile and yes, I have a phone.

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> > > > > > The mobile market is booming. We would be lucky to have Anet produce a higher performing mobile game bc that would mean GW2 would also benefit from the increased resources.

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> > > > > Wow.... that delusion.

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> > > > > Sure, Anet will develop something new to keep something dying artificially alive.

> > > > > And all that for the good of GW2 players. The 2nd coming is finally here.

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> > > > > Wouldn't it be easier to develop something cool for GW2 to keep GW2 alive?

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> > > > > @"Sir Vincent III.1286" said:

> > > > > > @"Swagger.1459" said:

> > > > > > > @"Sir Vincent III.1286" said:

> > > > > > > > @"Ashantara.8731" said:

> > > > > > > > Have to repost, because the video in my previous thread was in German. So, here is solely the link this time:

> > > > > > > > https://boards.greenhouse.io/arenanet/jobs/2014609

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> > > > > > > > Looks like resources are being coordinated elsewhere again.

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> > > > > > > At least it's not for mobile and yes, I have a phone.

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> > > > > > The mobile market is booming. We would be lucky to have Anet produce a higher performing mobile game bc that would mean GW2 would also benefit from the increased resources.

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> > > > > Just as how GW1 benefits from GW2 seeing ArenaNet are actively cerating more content for GW1 players? You're right! /sarc

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> > > > > Game companies move on, that's the reality, and ArenaNet is not making a mobile game. If they are, then they're no longer making games for player, rather they are making slot machines to fill their pockets. Might as well work for a casino. And just as companies move on, so do players.

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> > > > I’m going to help both of you...

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> > > > https://massivelyop.com/2019/12/23/superdatas-november-update-reports-a-rise-in-spending-driven-primarily-by-mobile-gaming/

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> > > > https://massivelyop.com/2019/11/14/ncsoft-q3-2019-another-flat-financial-quarter-as-ncsoft-pumps-money-into-ncwest/

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> > > > - “all five of NCsoft’s PC MMORPGs together bring in only slightly more than half what mobile alone does”

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> > > > - “Reddit, mind you, is all abuzz right now because of the revelation that NCsoft just pumped a $112M US in investment into NCWest. We don’t know what for, though we’ve certainly got a few ideas (and not just build slots!), chief among them the mobile game ArenaNet is supposedly working on (or working on again) – a theory boosted by the fact that NCsoft talked up the western console and mobile market during the Q&A portion of the call. We wouldn’t be sad about Guild Wars 3 or a new expansion, either.”

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> > > > https://massivelyop.com/2019/08/03/ncsoft-q2-2019-financials-guild-wars-2-may-be-eyeing-a-mobile-version-again/

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> > > > - “In this past week’s Q2 2019 financial report, NCsoft mentioned that ArenaNet was evaluating “internal reviews on several projects” such as a mobile version of Guild Wars 2.”

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> > > > So yes, Anet will be working on a mobile game. Anet will probably be looking to reach more players through some type of console game. GW1 was put into maintenance mode intentionally for reasons, and so they could focus on GW2. The more money Anet earns, the more money they can put back into their active GW2 game and that’s more money NCSOFT would be willing to support them with. But you have to make money in order to have money to reinvest and do things... And that’s how the reality of business goes.

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> > > Except for the fact that they are trying to fill a "console" position, not "mobile" position. Your posts are not even relevant to the topic.

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> > “ NCsoft talked up the western console and mobile market”

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> > Anet probably has both console and mobile in the works... There were, iirc, 3 projects on hold when the layoffs happened, then after that NC injected money into NC West.

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> > If you don’t want Anet to grow, then you don’t want Anet to survive... and that means GW2 has a much shorter lifecycle

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> Irrelevant, that's NCSoft not ArenaNet. Whatever it is that ArenaNet is working on, they are not hiring for a "mobile" position that you insist of pushing.

 

NC Soft owns Anet…

 

https://kotaku.com/guild-wars-2-developer-arenanet-plans-for-mass-layoffs-1832799804

 

- "Songyee Yoon, the CEO of Korean publisher NCSoft West, which owns ArenaNet, e-mailed employees this afternoon with the news. “Our live game business revenue is declining as our franchises age, delays in development on PC and mobile have created further drains against our revenue projects, while our operating costs in the west have increased,” she wrote. “Where we are is not sustainable, and is not going to set us up for future success.”

 

- “Around 400 people work at ArenaNet, and for the past few years they’ve been working on a number of unannounced projects”

 

 

Anet had put out job listings for mobile previously...

 

"The old joblistings:

Mobile UI/UX Designer (Experience in Unity required): https://www.appone.com/maininforeq.asp?Ad=389217&R_ID=1160703

Mobile Software Engineer: https://www.appone.com/maininforeq.asp?Ad=389217&R_ID=1160694"

 

 

Layoffs and restructuring happened, and projects were put on the shelf.

 

Rumors of GW3 was mentioned recently.

 

Long story short, NC wants to be in the mobile market and NC's mobile game sales earned more than all of NC's 5 MMOs COMBINED (“all five of NCsoft’s PC MMORPGs together bring in only slightly more than half what mobile alone does”)... Could Anet release a console game at some point too? Sure, but don't think for a second that NC doesn't want to make it strong into the mobile market...