Mr. Blue Reports Operating Profit of 2.3 Billion KRW in Q1, Up 119% from Previous Quarter

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyungsoo Park] Mr. Blue announced on the 17th that it recorded sales of 15.8 billion KRW and an operating profit of 2.3 billion KRW in the first quarter. This represents an increase of 23.5% and 119.5%, respectively, compared to the previous quarter.

A company official explained, "Amidst the intensifying competition in the content and platform market, we achieved strong performance based on competitive intellectual property (IP)." He added, "The consolidated results reflecting the web novel company acquired last February also drove external growth."

The acquired web novel companies each possess romance genre and martial arts/fantasy content, which can create synergy effects with Mr. Blue. Mr. Blue has established a value chain from content production (CP) of webtoons and web novels to platform construction and game publishing.

Mr. Blue has set a strategy to become a leader in ‘One Source Multi-Use (OSMU)’ by utilizing diverse content and platforms. When IP is adapted into various types of content, profitability is expected to increase further.

The official stated, "Various business divisions, from content business to game publishing, are growing evenly," and added, "We are also preparing to issue NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) utilizing IP to secure new growth engines."

On the 4th, Mr. Blue signed a publishing contract for the mobile idle role-playing game (RPG) 'Dark Hero Dash' through its subsidiary Blue Potion Games. This is the second publishing contract following ‘World of Warfare’ announced in December last year.

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