

“MapleStory” Nexon also announced that it will not introduce the random item draw box in “The First Descendant” that will be released later. Some gamers criticized that the box is a kind of “pay to win” scheme. The company’s previous racing game, “Crazyracing Kartrider” offered a random item draw box that dramatically improves driving performance.

Instead, it will offer items for decoration.

Nexon announced that it will not include a random item draw box in its racing game “KartRider: Drift” released earlier this month. Some companies, however, are choosing to exclude random item draw boxes in their new games this year as the government reinforces regulation. Game publishers have so far managed random item draw boxes in their games and claimed that they have voluntarily disclosed draw probabilities. The Ministry of Justice and the National Assembly are also accelerating steps to introduce a law to mandate the disclosure of draw probabilities for the items. for alleged manipulation of its random item draw box. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has recently launched procedures to impose sanctions against industry leader Nexon Korea Corp. “KartRider: Drift” South Korean game publishers are set to move away from a profit model that focuses on random item draw boxes to cope with the government’s tightened regulations.
