Webzen's crisis - the crisis of major Korean MMORPG developers?

Webzen had a splendent time several years ago, since it released first MMORPG "MU Online". But now, it faces a crisis - Korean company Liveplex and NEOWAVE who keep Webzen's stock join together and might bring a hurricane to Webzen. They are now keeping 11.46% stock which is larger than Webzen's CEO who keeps 6% stock. So the CEO will probably be fired and many managers will be changed too in Webzen.

Webzen is over the hill since bots and private servers of "MU Online" spreaded in 2003. And after four years financial deficit, its new MMORPG "SUN" and "Huxley" still didn't save itself. What's the future of Webzen? Who konws. But I wish things would be better after it's reformed.

And same thing happened to other major Korean MMORPG developers too. Such as Tabula Rasa Totally Tanked? NCSoft Austin Downsizing?, Japan's GungHo to acquire S.Korea Gravity majority. Many of the former famous Korean MMORPG developers are now in crisis. Why did these happen? Does it mean we're all bored of Korean MMORPG now? I think Korean MMORPG developers should consider why and how to change their game. Otherwise more and more players will abandon those boring and nonnutritive games.


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