Archive: november 15, 2008

On Shuttering FTP Servers and the Fate of Virtual Items [Free To Play]

On Shuttering FTP Servers and the Fate of Virtual Items [Free To Play] A couple of big Korean companies have floundered as of late — or at least, some of their games have been big disappointments — and it's raising interesting observations about how companies handle shutting down free to play games and what happens to the money (some) players have poured into it? Nexon is pulling its disappointing ZerA and taking an unexpected road: repaying the people who purchased virtual items for real money:
The company will yank ZerA, a role-playing game that took three years and 10 billion won (about $7.5 million) to develop, at the end of January and is preparing...

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Tags: FTP, Industry, Korea, Mmo, Ncsoft, RMT, Zera, free to play, nexon

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