Krafton logs record sales in 1st half of 2025

Game studio Krafton posted record-high revenue for the first half of this year, driven by continued growth of its flagship title, PUBG: Battlegrounds, the company said Tuesday. During its earnings call, Krafton announced that its sales for the January-June period stood at 1.54 trillion won ($1.1 billion), up 11.9 percent from a year earlier. During the same period, operating profit grew 9.5 percent year-on-year to reach 703.3 billion won. This marked the highest first-half performance in the company’s history. In the second quarter alone, the company posted 662 billion won in sales and 246 billion won in operating profit, down 6.5 percent and 25.9 percent year-on-year, respectively. In the first half, Krafton posted 543.2 billion won in revenue from PC games, 960 billion won from mobile titles and 33 billion won from console and other platforms. PUBG continued to drive growth in PC games, backed by strong live-service updates and content diversification efforts. The mobile division also had a strong performance, with growth-type skins contributing to user engagement and revenue. In the sWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times