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Not all game companies are hurting: Nexon posts strong Q1 results

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Asian online game publisher Nexon reported strong financial results for the first quarter ended March 31. The Tokyo-based company, which makes free-to-play games like MapleStory, continues to prosper as demand for games shifts from packaged goods to online digital distribution. The results show that international game companies are faring better than some of their North American rivals in the transition from retail games to digital games.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.