"ëˆì� ¨ is Korean for Donson. ëˆ (Don) means money. Korean players who play Nexon games often call the company the nickname 'Donson'. These players believe that the company earn this nickname, because they have to spend a lot of money on ridiculous items in Cash Shop while Nexon earn s much more. One good example of this is the Cube item in MapleStory. Or the Gachapon-type of item.
Today, Nexon has created this video and used the nickname from the players to admit and critized its faults. It is clearly that Nexon wants to shed the Donson-image.
Why did they use the term Donson in their own video? Because G-STAR is coming soon. G-STAR is a gaming convention equal to the E3, but in South Korea. Nexon will attend this convention and show new games, including MapleStory 2. I think that these new games will differentiate from the past games where Nexon has created items where you are encouraged to spend a lot of money on." - Spadow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhe0YFF6hvs
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The first 30 seconds of the video were shot when GMS got the first lvl 250.
I doubt Nexon will ever shy away from making their games p2w. If it works really well now, why change it? I bet it is just going to be a PR thing.
Peria Chronciles, MapleStory 2, Tree of Savior!
I am ready.