MMO dev fined record-breaking $9 million fee for misleading players over microtransactions
The MapleStory developer allegedly altered the appearance rate of items without telling players
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The developer behind Korean MMO MapleStory has been fined just under $9 million for violating South Korea’s Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce.
The fine effectively boils down to Nexon having altered the odds of certain items dropping from in-game purchased, without telling its players. The developer was said to have “arbitrarily” altered the odds of certain Cubes dropping for MapleStory players without giving …
