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Teresa Wisemail
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Posted - 2011.10.28 21:34:00 -
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I travel back and forth between Japan on a regular basis, so this "forcing another client" deal sounds counter-intuitive (meaning, it's downright stupid). My dad also plays this game while he resides in Japan, and he doesn't speak a lick of Japanese (yes, there are plenty of foreigners living in Japan-- which may be a suprise to close-minded culturally cloistered gnats)-- which means he'll have to somehow navigate through NEXON's non-English site, and use a Japanese client?
That is what I would call cow patty. CCP clearly hasn't thought this through from a business perspective-- it's a glaringly obvious mistake based on naive assumptions about a market. If they can't make reasonable alternatives, they'll be losing some of their current business. |
Teresa Wisemail
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Posted - 2011.10.29 04:02:00 -
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Furthermore, Nexon is known to have billing & customer support issues besides the repeating cases of losing private info of customers to hackers. They are also fairly famous among Japanese gamers for freezing accounts without warning, and not responding at all to inquiries concerning such account freezes (supposedly due to "suspicious account activity"). Even if that doesn't mean your EVE account is compromized, it will sever the only means of access for players located in Japanese IPs (which is technologically regressive for a company that touts innovation).
That's the primary reason why Nexon's games are primarily aimed at novice gamers who are not all that security savvy. EVE will only whet the appetite of hard-core gamers in Japan, and they'll never consider having anything to do with Nexon. It's like handing over your credit card to a friendly guy you just met at a bar in Italy-- you won't do it unless you have an amazing lack of brain cells.
Unless CCP thinks their potential clientele in Japan are tween boys and girls (or bored housewives), Nexon is a fairly stupid choice. Anybody who has been in the Japanese network-based (and mobile games) scene would know this. CCP needs to do more research because they'll basically lose money on this deal (and customers). |
Teresa Wisemail
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Posted - 2011.10.29 21:58:00 -
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Tanya Powers wrote:
You can not be forced to do something you don't want to.
While I understand your feelings about Nexon has company and their ability to protect information or the prices they'll be able to impose, I don't understand why you think you're stuck with that payment method.
Many players already and will some more explain you better ways to do so than I'll ever be able to since I'm EU player and don't have any sort of issue other than buy gtc's at slight higher cost than US friends.
This said, search on pay-pal side, shattered crystal, official retailers, and think about change how you are used to pay your subs. All these forms are LEGAL and no one can or will ever force you to do what you don't want to.
Nope, the issue is that NEXON will become the ONLY method through which players in Japan will be able to access EVE. It was even said that if a player was discovered playing from Japan without going through NEXON, they'll be made to go through NEXON by some means. That is apparently a "fair enough" deal from CCP's perspective-- and a huge concern for Japan-based players as NEXON is well known for being sub-standard. |
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Posted - 2011.10.31 05:53:00 -
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I would also like to hear CCP's perspective on the influence of NEXON POINTS on EVE's PLEX-based economy. Nexon points can be used for in-game item trade in their other MMORPG, Maple Story, which means economic activity outside EVE's universe may end up affecting EVE's economy. That should be a concern for all EVE players-- not Just players in Japan.
Let it also be pointed out NEXON allows other advertisers to use nexon points as a lure, such as the common "sign up now and get 300 nexon points!" type-promotion.
Is CCP sure they have hadged against the risk introduced by a potential increase in the money supply? especially with virtual currency that is shared with other games? A person who has a lot of time on their hand (such as making lots of money in Maple Story, or people who sign up for multitudes of nexon points promotions) can basically play EVE for free and interact with the economy. In an extreme case, such a person can run multiple accounts and generate tremendous amount of wealth with zero overhead (in terms of real-world currency). I'd find that troubling. |
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