Analyst sees positive prospects for AION 2’s global launch

BusinessPost published a finance report on 21 September 2026 at 09:55 KST (02:55 CEST) about AION 2’s global launch. It reports that Jung Ho-yoon of Korea Investment & Securities is watching the Western early access on 30 September and the global launch on 5 October with a positive view of the game’s prospects outside Korea and Asia. The report connects a successful international launch with possible improvements to NC’s results and valuation, and places AION 2 ahead of the company’s later pipeline. This is a finance journalist’s account of an analyst’s view, so the site marks it REPORTED rather than treating it as an NCSOFT forecast or a guarantee of launch performance.

The report gives the market context around the two dates already announced for the Western service: Advance Access begins on 30 September 2026 and the free global launch follows on 5 October. BusinessPost says the analyst has kept a ₩390,000 target price and a BUY rating for NC. For comparison, the article gives NC’s 18 September closing price as ₩209,000. Those figures describe an analyst’s valuation framework, not an in-game price or a promise that the target will be reached. The article also says the result matters beyond one release because NC’s next pipeline includes Horizon Steel Frontiers and Guild Wars 3. In its reasoning, the analyst points to steady demand for PC MMORPGs despite limited new supply, development that considered global users, and the quality already seen on the Korean and Taiwanese services. The report accepts that Western awareness of the AION name is lower, but considers marketing a possible way to address that gap. These are reported judgments, not independently verified sales forecasts.

For players, the useful part of this report is the calendar and the distinction between market expectation and game fact. The two launch dates are the dates to use when preparing a character, a download plan or a comparison between the Korean and Western services. The durable guide on Korea versus global differences explains why a Korean result cannot simply be copied to the Western service; the guide on what awaits Western players provides the broader launch context. This page adds the investor angle: an analyst sees AION 2 as a meaningful test of NC’s ability to reach users beyond its established markets. It does not tell you which class, dungeon, reward or monetisation rule will be available. Do not use the target price to make an investment decision, and do not read a positive analyst view as proof of sales, queue capacity or launch quality. For those questions, wait for dated publisher notes and operational notices.

The limits are decisive. This page reports one analyst’s opinion through a finance article; it is not a statement from NCSOFT and it does not establish that AION 2 will succeed, reach a sales target or improve NC’s valuation. The ₩390,000 target price and BUY rating are financial opinions, not player guidance. The 30 September and 5 October dates are useful only because the article points to already published launch information; they do not prove that every Korean feature will appear in the West. The report gives no independently checked sales number, queue forecast or Western content list. It also does not announce a new class, dungeon, server region or monetisation rule. No publisher quotation is translated, no investment recommendation is made, and no conclusion goes beyond the BusinessPost report opened during this passage.