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I don't see this as all that important. South Korea has some fairly strict rules on gaming within the country. I believe to get a game account (like a Steam a
by kyrra 13y ago
I don't see this as all that important. South Korea has some fairly strict rules on gaming within the country. I believe to get a game account (like a Steam account, or a WoW account), the company must get the users government ID information. Then they must impose fairly strict regulations on persons under 16 years old. I also believe it's difficult for non-Korean companies to operate their games there due to other regulations. So most gaming companies will outsource running games in Korea to companies like Nexon.
- wnevets 13y ago> So most gaming companies will outsource running games in Korea to companies like Nexon. it what valve did with dota 2
- notastartup 13y agoI think what's more sinister is that Korean corporate culture is to become a monopoly, bribe politicians, media executives, alter the law so they are the only people to do business with, squelch any naysayers, even if it conflicts with the constitution and democracy. They simply do not have Korean consumers in their hearts. It's possible that large game companies like Nexon employs the time tested technique used by large Korean conglomerates like Samsung and Hyundai. Example is during the 1990s the Hyundai Comboy (a NES whitelabel) and Samsung labelled SNES games. Anti-japanese sentiments are exploited to make sure any new business venture goes through the handful of conglomerates in Korea. You don't want an impossibly high tariff and restrictions that makes your product unreachable in Korea, than you do business with one company at the time who has bought most of the national assembly.