MapleStory

It localized the Asian MMO MapleStory for American audiences years before any other companies thought to use microtransactions. It continued the trend by ... Dungeon Fighter Online producer talks about the broad appeal of 2D ...Neoseeker all 2 news articles »

 UK - Keri Allan Others offer "microtransactions" that focus on character customisation. As Sung Jin Kim, the Europe business team manager of Nexon, which publishes MapleStory, says: "An in-game avatar represents an 'ideal portrait of myself' in the cyberworld. ...

 MA - Nexon's revenue model relies solely on in-game microtransactions, as opposed to ads or subscription fees. The company's games, which include MapleStory and ...

Q&A: Battlefield general lays out battle plans  - What do you look at in terms of successful predecessors for the microtransactions model in the US? YoHo Puzzle Pirates? Acclaim's games? BC: MapleStory is ...

 UK - South Korea’s Nexon turned to microtransactions to fuel MapleStory – parents buy credits, kids spend credits to buy stuff – while Disney’s Club Penguin ...

 IN - MapleStory creates its cash flow through ‘microtransactions’, involving character item purchases from the in-game Cash Shop, gamer-run licensed stores, ...

By Akela Talamasca It's easy to see the connection; Nexon has proved that the free-to-play/microtransactions model can be a successful one. American MMOs are still reluctant to try this out, preferring the standard subscription model instead. Perhaps Anderson can sway the hearts and minds of the captain...

Q&A: Stardock's Wardell Talks Distribution Revolution With Impulse Gamasutra, CA - Well, the same thing is true of Nexon, who do MapleStory. They're totally microtransactions, but I think it's something like three percent of the people who ...

Focus On Korea: N-Log Soft's Cho Talks Bots, IP Ownership Gamasutra, CA - Apr 1, 2008 With the rise of microtransactions and the rise of titles such as MapleStory in the casual MMO business, South Korean gaming has been growing in respect and ...