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]   If Kakao market is opened   December.12.2013 Recent news about KakaoTalk's acquisition of T store has become a hot issue in the gaming industry. KaTalk and SK Communications both stated that there was no foundation for the report, however, where there's smoke, there is fire. I carefully guess that there should have been general ideas about it. I don't want to discuss whether it is true or not here. As the old saying goes, "You hold the memorial service at a chance to see the rice cake", I just pictured what it would be like if Kakao market is actually opened. In fact, people have already talked about the possibility since summer that KaTalk would manage the store itself. But it's not easy choice. The reason why it's hard to directly operate it is very simple. Because there is a possibility of failure of the market like T store or Olleh Market w...

泥中蟠龍 's Game 愛歌 [A love song for games of the dragon waiting for an opportunity]   The Exodus in the gaming industry   November.26.2013 It was at this time two years ago. Nexon, the best video game publisher in Korea, went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on December 14, 2011 and Nexon Korea Corporation became one of its subsidiaries. Now Nexon is seen as a Japanese company rather than a Korean company. 'The stroke of genius' of Kim Jung-ju, the chairman and CEO of NXC Corporation, is much talked about nowadays, and the atmosphere in the gaming industry is self-deprecation. I've got a chance to visit "G-STAR 2013" recently. It's not merely the biggest game exhibition in Korea but the international trade show for computer and video games industry which a lot of famous foreign game makers take part in. The event has become bigger every year, but it was looked be less splendid this year. As a lot of large-scale gaming firms gave u...

泥中蟠龍 's Game 愛歌 [A love song for games of the dragon waiting for an opportunity]   Hunger for new challenge   November.12.2013 Recently I received an investment offer for, what is called, a 'run style' game. I found nothing special except just a little bit of differences from another running games while I was playing game. I suddenly felt hunger for new challenge at that time. Looking at lots of mobile games newly released, there are too many running games and TCG (Trading card game) or CCG (Collectible card game). Is good to place too much disproportionate emphasis on the specific genres? I'd like to talk about it this time. The future of the mobile gaming industry is uncertain. There are not only the external factors but also internal factors. Where is the unclear future coming from? It has many different causes. Some of reasons are quantitative and the others are qualitative. I can list the factors as many as I write a thesis on. But the re...