Possible to sue companies for lack of security/support?

When will you people stop?

So, a court in China ordered someone to pay restitution for lost MMO goods.

So, the place where rule of law (let alone intellectual property law) means next to nothing is your legal evidence for Americans being able to sue Nexon?

:clap:

Not if a lawyer can prove that virtual items have real life monetary value.

At what point did the virtual items become the player's property? Never.

This is the part of Nexon's policy that's relevant. If you rent a toy to play a game, you don't sue the company if it breaks on the grounds of lost property. You have to make a case that the service wasn't what was promised. Nexon doesn't credibly promise you will have the same items tomorrow, or even that you will be able to do in game damage. As I said, it's got to be NX cash related if you want a prayer in US court. There is no credible contract beyond NX transactions available for the courts to enforce.

There are games out there where virtual goods are considered the property of the player, or are at least by establishment compatible with money - more like Second Life. But that is not the case with Maplestory.

Imagine for a moment, what would happen if in game items were considered real property in cases like Maplestory. What happens when the developer shuts down the game? Every single account holder sues them for cutting off their access to their property? And wins? lol