NC Posts All-Time-High First-Half PC Revenue: Aion 2 Named a Key Driver

On August 27, Chosunbiz's headline stated that NC's first-half 2026 PC revenue reached an all-time high, attributing the result to “Aion 2 and Lineage Classic”. The outlet's reporting sits in the business section — a financial-sheet claim, not a marketing blurb.

On August 28, techm followed with “Betting on AAA PC titles… Kim Taek-jin's decision led NC's rebound”, attaching the momentum to the chairman's strategic shift toward premium PC games — a direct reference to the same title pipeline that ends with Aion 2's global launch.

Neither headline gives figures we can quote as verified data beyond what this site already carried; treat the specific revenue numbers with that caution.

In our August 27 batch, this site documented NC's Q1 2026 results: PC game revenue up roughly 210% year-over-year to about $223 million, following Aion 2's Korean and Taiwanese release in November 2025.

Those Q1 numbers are the verified backdrop for the H1 record headline. The direction of travel — Aion 2 and Lineage Classic driving PC revenue to record levels — is consistent between the two.

If you arrive here looking for the exact H1 figure, the honest answer is that the verified number remains the Q1 one; the H1 total was reported by Chosunbiz but not re-verified by this site.

Revenue records matter to players for one practical reason: they fund the live-service roadmap. Aion 2's global build ships with features the Korean service refined — the Great Rebalance, server transfers, bound-Kina economy tools — because the service is self-sustaining.

The corporation behind the global launch is not in a retrenchment posture: press framing points to increasing PC investment rather than cutting it, which reduces the risk of a delayed or resource-starved global operation.

It also gives context for the October 5 date: NC is treating the global expansion as the next growth leg, not a side project — the same framing our earlier Korea-playbook report described.

Headline evidence is directional, not audited. First-half results usually include Q2, and mobile plus licensing revenue sit outside the “PC revenue” figure the headline emphasizes.

The Chosunbiz and techm pieces are business-press coverage of public statements; until NC publishes its own first-half disclosure, exact totals belong to the company's official reporting.

Finally, the global launch itself is a separate risk vector: a record Korean PC business does not guarantee overseas success — the October 5 launch still depends on the LST, server quality, and the free-to-play economy holding up at scale.

The Korean press line is clear: Aion 2 sits at the center of NC's strongest PC revenue period on record, and the company is betting on AAA PC titles going forward.

For players, the practical read is that the live service is funded and the global launch is positioned as a growth priority. Whether that converts into a smooth October 5 is a test the Launch Scale Test on September 17–18 exists to answer.

Watch NC's own first-half disclosure for the audited totals; until then, treat the record as press-reported rather than company-confirmed.