2011-05-10, 01:34 AM
heatstryke Wrote: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.
1. Not sure of this. But based on what I've read from Dev Blogs, they have to relay problems to their Korean counterparts to fix issues. The only things Nexon can do on the American end from what I can tell are the abilities to turn off the servers when needed and create content (not fixes).
2. As a company, they have little incentive to care. Their home company is located across seas and the American branch is just an off shoot to gather any stupid players they can to give them money. From the American branch standpoint, they have every incentive to care... but only for their pay.
Like you said, the possibility exists where their hands are tied. However, of many things mentioned in Nexon America's game dev blogs (I'm too tired to search for the evidence I need now at this late hour) leads me to believe they have more control than they let on. Furthermore, if you remember them taking legal action upon hacking sites, private server hosts, and even Banned Story, it was all GMS related with nothing to bar towards KMS. The Banned Story incident gets me even more. For those who are uninformed of it, Banned Story cannot make use of GMS exclusive content in it. Whether or not this is a red herring leading me to believe Nexon America has more power than they let on, it's certainly something that will cause me to raise an eyebrow if they say they cannot do something without Nexon Korea's consent.