Nexon Finally Issues Official Apology Over FIFA4 Boycott Movement

[Asia Economy Reporter Bu Aeri] Nexon, which was embroiled in controversy over excessive pay-to-win tactics in the soccer game 'FIFA Online 4,' has issued an official apology.

Park Jung-moo, Nexon's FIFA 4 Online manager, bowed his head on the 23rd through the homepage, saying, "We apologize for causing a sense of loss to users who have enjoyed the game due to the new class release happening faster than expected and issues related to the salary balancing of the LH class."

He continued, "It seems that some players with somewhat excessive salary advantages were released as we focused on making many club owners (game users) satisfied with the players they use," adding, "We have finally reviewed the salary balance of the LH class by reflecting the valuable opinions of the club owners and decided to adjust it during the regular maintenance on the 28th."

Earlier, FIFA 4 users angered by Nexon's excessive pay-to-win policy launched a 'no-spending campaign.' The no-spending campaign means that users will no longer spend money on the game, similar to a boycott.

The signal flare for the boycott was Nexon's release of the 'LH Season Player Pack' on the 26th of last month. The LH Player Pack is a game item used to draw soccer players. The problem began because the performance of players obtained from this pack was overwhelmingly higher than that of previously released players. Usually, players with good performance have high salaries, but in the case of the LH Player Pack, players had good performance but low salaries, which sparked backlash from users.

The release of LH also caused the value of players owned by existing users to drop significantly. FIFA 4 has an auction system where players can be bought and sold, but with the release of new players through LH, the players previously owned by users became like 'scrap paper' in stock terms.

Nexon also proposed compensation measures. Manager Park stated, "Club owners who possess players whose salaries are changed will be compensated with BP (game money)," and added, "We promise to show a more prepared and improved approach for future new class releases."

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