How Nexon accidentally invented microtransactions

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SAN FANCISCO – *For two years, Nexon has been looking for game companies that share its free-to-play philosophy. The search ended with new partnerships with Warner Bros. and Lego to create a Lego massively multiplayer online role-playing game as well as with Square Enix to bring Final Fantasy XI to mobile. But the search for […]

as much as we mock the game and how they have run it, they have been an innovative tech co

Nexon didn't invent microtransactions, cash shops have been around in games well before they started doing it. :/

How Fiel accidentally invented forums.

Nexon didn't invent microtransactions, cash shops have been around in games well before they started doing it. :/

If you read the thing they also claim that they invented free to play games.

Nexon invented free-to-play games

lmao

If you read the thing they also claim that they invented free to play games.

lmao

quick, everyone point out in the comments on the article how dumb the author is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PLOFnEUTpY

reminds me of this and it never gets old

The article is clickbaity. I saw the interview, Owen never said he invented free-to-play or microtransactions, he came close but he only really said his company was the one that pioneered this kind of model (he also mentioned that it didn't start out as a business model, microtransactions came in completely by accident).

The author is stupid.