The game company incorrectly reported the probability of paid items and refunded part of the purchase price.

The game maker falsely communicated the probability of paid items and refunded part of the purchase amount to the injured user. This is because a user of the Nexon-powered multi-access role-playing game (MMORPG) Maple Story eventually won a lawsuit because he was upset about the probability manipulation.

On the 28th, the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court (Judge Oh Seok-joon) dismissed Nexon’s appeal in a lawsuit brought by Maple Story user A against Nexon Korea, ruling that the plaintiff should refund part of the purchase amount of the item. As a result, Nexon will pay 572,265 won to A.

In this case, a court battle began when it was discovered that Nexon had manipulated the probability of boosting equipment with the probability item “Dice” sold in 2021 so that it was lower than the actual advertised probability. The three most preferred skills by users are set so that they do not overlap at all.

Mr. A filed a lawsuit and said, “I purchased items through Nexon’s scam and some of the game events were manipulated.” He added, “Please return the 11 million won you spent on the game.” In doing so, Mr. A had to Mr. A received a trial exemption, a system under which the court, as an employee, suspends or waives the costs necessary for the trial.

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