2008-10-09, 11:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 2008-10-09, 11:11 PM by Technolink.)
“However, if they approach us with plans for an indirect investment or other reasonable offer, I will positively consider them,’’ he said. [Nexon president]
An indirect investment means that Nexon owns and operates the game, while Disney slap's their logo on it and reaps some of the profit. The idea is that Disney's initial investment, and its popularity would bring Nexon enough money to offset the profit that Disney would take from the game.
You'll probably see ads on the MapleTV, and there would probably be event items (if that).
On the topic of MapleTV, I always thought that would be a great way for Nexon to make a ton of advert cash, putting some animes on it. And like when you click the TV a message comes up 'would you like to go to this ad's website'. It wouldn't effect us playing the game, and it'd bring more money in.
Anyways, in no way would the game change. If anything Disney would just pump a crap load of cash into MS, which god knows Nexon can use.
Disney would also higher more GMs and Customer Services. If anything bad happens in MS, it will reflect negatively on Disney, thus I'd expect them to implement better hacking prevention, as well as offering more content faster to entice new users. On that note, you would probably expect things like increased compatibility with Vista to draw more base, and possibly even Mac support (as they did with TT).
The difference between MS and TT is that MS is a well established game before Disney [would] take it over, while TT was Disney ground up. Disney couldn't mess much up without upsetting the players, which would be bad moreso for them then us.
An indirect investment means that Nexon owns and operates the game, while Disney slap's their logo on it and reaps some of the profit. The idea is that Disney's initial investment, and its popularity would bring Nexon enough money to offset the profit that Disney would take from the game.
You'll probably see ads on the MapleTV, and there would probably be event items (if that).
On the topic of MapleTV, I always thought that would be a great way for Nexon to make a ton of advert cash, putting some animes on it. And like when you click the TV a message comes up 'would you like to go to this ad's website'. It wouldn't effect us playing the game, and it'd bring more money in.
Anyways, in no way would the game change. If anything Disney would just pump a crap load of cash into MS, which god knows Nexon can use.
Disney would also higher more GMs and Customer Services. If anything bad happens in MS, it will reflect negatively on Disney, thus I'd expect them to implement better hacking prevention, as well as offering more content faster to entice new users. On that note, you would probably expect things like increased compatibility with Vista to draw more base, and possibly even Mac support (as they did with TT).
The difference between MS and TT is that MS is a well established game before Disney [would] take it over, while TT was Disney ground up. Disney couldn't mess much up without upsetting the players, which would be bad moreso for them then us.