Nexon fined nearly 1 million dollars for “tricking” Counter-Strike Online gamers

Korea and China are among the first countries to impose a law for Online Game titles to announce the opening rate so that their customers… who are gamers, can understand the chances first. when participating in game activities. Even the big games in the world like Overwatch nice PUBG also began to disclose the opening rate to be able to operate in such large markets around the world.
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However, in my hometown Nexon again ignore the rules, specifically in 2 games FPS Online Sudden Attack and Counter-Strike Online. Accordingly, this violation began at the end of 2016 when Sudden Attack opened a celebrity jigsaw event, giving players the opportunity to buy a variety of different puzzle pieces. Counter-Strike Online seems to have a similar activity and has become the cause of recent consequences for the industry giant Korean games.
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Accordingly, the failure to disclose the opening rate of these pieces, with some pieces having extremely low open rates from 0.5% to 1.5%, became the reason why the Korean government agency was Fair. Trade Commission, ruled that Nexon acted to “trick” its customers in order to make a profit. This violation caused Nexon to suffer 2 different fines, a fine of $ 5,000 .. and a fine of up to $ 900,000.
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This marks the first time a game company has been heavily fined for breaking such a law. Hopefully in the future this will be an example for other companies to operate more transparently with the gaming community.
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