NCsoft at Glassdoor.com

[eabrace]

I may or may not be trying to stifle giggle fits while reading the comments from employees in the Reviews tab.

http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/NCsoft-Reviews-E23242.htm

Glassdoor is a pretty reputable site, but it relies on input from employees for its data.  Make of that what you will.

[dwturducken]

That's... scathing. :)

[Soundtrack]

Disheartening.

Dear Santa,

The only thing I want for Christmas, other than the usual World Peace, is that City of Heroes is purchased by a United States company.

Sincerely,
Soundtrack.

P.S. I'm sorry that I accidentally speed-boosted my fellow vigil heroes yesterday. I was trying to help out a level 1 by giving her SB and ended up startling everybody so they dropped their torches! :(

[Daimyoshi]

Uh I think my current theory behind the shutdown of COH is right on the money.

[Ampithere]

Uh I think my current theory behind the shutdown of COH is right on the money.

??? What theory?

[Victoria Victrix]

??? What theory?

My guess is Korean corporate culture pushing to end all Western jobs at NCSoft and concentrating on the Far East.  That's what it looks like from this end too.

[DrakeGrimm]

My guess is Korean corporate culture pushing to end all Western jobs at NCSoft and concentrating on the Far East.  That's what it looks like from this end too.

Seconded. Er, thirded? I guess? >.>;

[Grower]

They also misspelled his name.

[Daimyoshi]

More Bluntly: City of Heroes doesn't sell in Korea so Cut it. Pure and simple, well with more racist undertones at least.

[TheFlea]

More Bluntly: City of Heroes doesn't sell in Korea so Cut it. Pure and simple, well with more racist undertones at least.

It's common business practice though. If suffering financial hardships keep what's surviving at home alive and kill what isn't. Unfortunately the Korean upper tiers have said time and time again they cannot understand the Western infatuation with the superhero genre. Pity there's not really a viable target market in Japan as I suspect it would have done rather well there.

[Moonfyire101]

i've seen reviews on NCSoft before. Someone said they wouldn't wish that job on their enemies. That's bad. I actually did research on this the day they annunced the closure becuase of all of the arguements in the forums about weaher or not it's money related or if NC is just stupid. Stupid won according to the reviews of ex employees.

[Osborn]

It's common business practice though. If suffering financial hardships keep what's surviving at home alive and kill what isn't. Unfortunately the Korean upper tiers have said time and time again they cannot understand the Western infatuation with the superhero genre. Pity there's not really a viable target market in Japan as I suspect it would have done rather well there.

You'd think there would be good crossover potential with Shonen Jump type heroes. A lot of animes and mangas are basically eastern super hero comics without the tights.

[Segev]

On the one hand, it's saddening for those who like NCSoft products here in the West. On the other, it's encouraging for those who want to convince NCSoft to sell Paragon STudios and everything to a Western company, because if they're consolidating in the East as a business strategy, making money off of ditching their product (rather than simply writing off the sunk costs as losses) should be attractive to them.