The9 (NCTY) - notes from the Q4 2004 conference call

The9 (ticker: NCTY) announced Q4 2004 results today. Here are some key points from the company's conference call:

• NCTY will announce a major marketing campaign with Coca-Cola (ticker: KO) in March. The campaign will revolve around the company's new online game World of Warcraft (WoW). Financial details were not disclosed.
• Management remains incredibly optimistic about WoW's prospects. They are encouraged by WoW's success in the US and Korea.
• Management dispelled concerns that many PCs in China are incapable of operating WoW.
• They haven't seen any signs yet of pirated servers running WoW.
• Blizzard, WoW's developer, does not allow the bartering of game objects from the WoW. Some Chinese online game companies have setup forums for gamers to do this.
• Management sees a major shift in the location of game playing. 60% of gamers are now playing from home - on their PCs - and the remaining 40% are playing in Internet cafes. This represents a major increase in gamers playing from home.
• Management is also seeing a major shift from 2D to 3D games.

Quick thought: Please post any important points that I may have missed. Thank you.

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