Financial Glossary and Balance Sheet Summary
Glossary of Terms
Term/Abbreviation
FPS (first person shooter)
MMORPG
(massively multiplayer online role playing game)
MAU
(monthly active user)
ARPPU
(average revenue per paying user)
Pay Rate
MCCU (maximum concurrent users)
Closed Beta Test (CBT)
Open Beta Test (OBT)
Tier One Update
Tier Two Update
Meaning
A game in which the player plays from the point of view of the game character in three-dimensional graphics
An online role-playing game that has a "massive" number (usually several hundred or more) of players who play
concurrently
Monthly total number of users who logged in and played Nexon's PC online games.
MAU in this presentation is the quarterly average of such numbers. Nexon's PC online games include game developed
and serviced by Nexon group, games developed by Nexon group and serviced by non-Nexon group publishers, and
game developed by non Nexon group acquired publishing rights.
The amount obtained by dividing monthly PC online game gross revenues by the number of monthly paying users.
ARPPU in this presentation is the quarterly average of such numbers. Gross revenues used in the calculation are in-game
sales, and exclude other revenues included in PC revenues such as sales from PC café time charge.
The percentage rate obtained by dividing the number of monthly paying users by the number of monthly active users. Pay
rate in this presentation is calculated using the quarterly average of such numbers.
The maximum number of users concurrently accessing a game at a particular moment. MCCU is generally used to
measure the popularity of a game
A trial version (beta version) of a game offered for a certain period of time to a limited number of users or groups. A
Limited Beta Test is an even smaller-scale trial mode of a game with fewer numbers of users or group
A trial version (beta version) of a game a certain period of time without restrictions on participation.
OBT is usually conducted after CBT.
Large scale update to existing PC games typically launched in Q1 or Q3 around peak season
Smaller update to existing PC games released throughout the year
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