2012-02-23, 12:20 AM
Eos Wrote:It doesn't however change the fact they're not competing with themselves; Whichever one you play, they're still making any money off you they're going to make. Your point failed.They compete for players in that people can choose which to play in. If the wrong people pick the wrong version, it could hurt them. For example, what if all the people with brains in GMS left and started playing in KMS? Quality of play in GMS would likely decline, and if it reaches a critical point the playerbase could collapse and move to greener pastures. Obviously Nexon doesn't want that to happen to any region.
It stands to reason that the existence of KMS does allow for GMS to lose players to it. It doesn't have to be intentional competition.
Leaves Wrote:That being said, I am sure that the %age of users we're talking about here is basically negligible, seeing as there are multiple, complex hurdles to jump through should one wish to play KMS. It's not something that the average Maple noob could do.Yeah, this is the reason why it's not a pressing concern for GMS. However, other (worse) regions collapsing to come to GMS is a very real threat because the bar to entry is lower.
Aha, that must be Nexon's strategy! Make GMS so bad that EMS, TMS, and whatever else they've crapped out wouldn't bother jumping ship to come to GMS.