Games, the Contents and the Economy in Korea

泥中蟠龍 's Game 愛歌 [A love song for games of the dragon waiting for an opportunity]   Adieu 2015!!! (Part2)   Let me summarize the 'Part1'. In 2015, numerous highly popular role-playing games have been published and many famous actors who modeled in TV commercials have heightened the status of the video games, however, a small number of RPGs are dominating the domestic market due to excessively high advertising costs. This year, indie games, called clicker games or idle games, have shown better-than-expected performance and Chinese games have advanced in the Korean market in large numbers.   Following the issues, Nexon and Webzen , which were both powerful in online game development, have pulled ahead of the other mobile game makers. Nexon didn't show any clear results before 2015. Webzen was also gradually declining with its glory behind and MU The Genesis , the most ambitious mobile game of the developer, made poor performance. However, Nex...

泥中蟠龍 's Game 愛歌 [A love song for games of the dragon waiting for an opportunity]   Adieu 2015!!! (Part1)   The year 2015 is coming to an end soon. This column would be probably released in the new year. I feel like to blame a love who dumped someone before one can barely go 10lis — approximately equal to 5kms — , however, I want to let the year 2015 go and have meaningful time looking back over the past year.   To begin with, many highly popular RPG(Role-playing game)s have been released in 2015. Until January of this year, Clash of Clans notched up to the No.1 spot competing with No.2 ranking Seven Knights and the other top-ranked RPGs such as Hero and Monster Tamer . By March, Raven immediately rose to the number one just after its release. MU Origin , which was published at the end of April, competed for first place with Raven for some time since, and Seven Knights joined in ever since before the release of Idea and Hit in November. ...

泥中蟠龍 's Game 愛歌 [A love song for games of the dragon waiting for an opportunity]   The grief of a sequel   I'm looking forward to Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens , the upcoming epic space-opera film. Probably it would be released when this column is published. Distinguished and successful movie series commonly draw attention before its release of sequels. So filmmakers prefer to make sequels of the box office hits and often come up with a plan of series from the beginning. Star Wars: The Force Awakens especially is widely anticipated because it is a derivative of the original film series which was over.   However, some people advise not to have excessive expectations saying "Follow-up is never going to be better than its superior predecessor". sequels are rarely well-received by audiences and critics. Aside from reviews of a cinematic quality or artistry, Alien and The Terminator yielded higher box-office profits in the second...