2013-04-14, 03:28 PM
This article was nothing that I expected or was hoping to see. I thought it would follow the Korean one that implicated these games as nothing more than gambling devices. I don't know anything about the other games mentioned, but the only "pressure" I see to buy NX is from other players and comparing ranges and whatnot. There are very few, as the article describes it, direct exhortations or "buy nows" in Maplestory, unless you want to count "limited" CS Sales, which I do not. Something I would consider in this category is the the very popular mobile strategy of pay-for-more-turns.
The outcomes as described are hardly outcomes at all, they wouldn't change much, at least from a Maplestory perspective.
Overall, the investigation seems tailored to the 7~13 year old demographic in protecting children from advertising. Maplestory has little to fear unless they are attacked using a gambling gambit.
Also, I don't want to be a snob but did anyone else wince a little when they saw the word "haters" not used in a direct quote? I hope it was maybe implied but seeing it there as a choice was distracting.
The outcomes as described are hardly outcomes at all, they wouldn't change much, at least from a Maplestory perspective.
Overall, the investigation seems tailored to the 7~13 year old demographic in protecting children from advertising. Maplestory has little to fear unless they are attacked using a gambling gambit.
Also, I don't want to be a snob but did anyone else wince a little when they saw the word "haters" not used in a direct quote? I hope it was maybe implied but seeing it there as a choice was distracting.