An open letter to Nexon and MapleStory players

While I'm loathe to compaire things to Blizzard (gamings equivilent to Microsoft sometimes), the fact is they're making more then enough money to do what needs to be done to end this problem.

BUT, I question 2 things.

1) Does Nexon America even have staff capable of the code modifications needed to stop the packet modifying stuff, or are their coders completely based out of Korea?

2) from a purely buisness standpoint: Do they have the incentive to care? If they were losing large numbers of paying players over this then probibly, but as this is far from the first incident of this magnintude its obvious that most players just roll with it.

That said. I question if Nexon America even has the authority to do much. I've been working as a judge/coordinator with Bandai America's Gaming division for years, and I've heard more then once "Japan said no" or "Japan hasn't gotten back to us". Regardless of how it would help America's game, if the mothership didn't give the go ahead nothing got done.

Is the same true with Nexon? If Korea is happy with the constantly increasing money income, perhaps GMS's hands are tied.