Global MapleStory 2 Still In The Works (Anecdote)
Nexon's Q3 2017 earnings report. Take a look below:
Q - Han-Joon Kim, Analyst, Deutsche Bank AG (Hong Kong)
Understood, understood. I think MapleStory2 in Korea had a really strong start and then it faded after several months, then I think people just kind of gravitated back to MapleStory1. How is that experience kind of trained us for MapleStory2 in China?
Nexon's CEO answered:
A - Owen Mahoney, President and Chief Executive Officer, NEXON Co., Ltd.
Great question. We spent an enormous amount of time between the launch of MapleStory2 in Korea and now really going back to the core, what the game is all about. And if you've ever seen MapleStory2 or seen any videos of it or played it, you know that there's a lot there. They're sort of the core game experience. And then the game developers really – they put in many, many really interesting game ideas. There is a – you can have a house in the game. You put items in the house. You can have friends over in the house. There's many ways to work together with others to solve these big-boss battles. There's -generated content. There's all these different creative ideas. And what the team has worked really hard on over the last couple of years since the original Korean launch was to tie those various ideas into the core of the game play and make sure that they're highly relevant to the core of the game play, the leveling experience and how the game is really played. So, we've worked very hard and we think that it's very reflective in the game play and in the revised version. That's one of the reasons why we're excited to be launching it around the world.
Nexon's CEO answered a question specifically about the game's Chinese launch by saying that they're excited to be launching the game around the world. While this isn't anything concrete, it does sound like a global launch of MapleStory 2 is still in the works. The Chinese open beta began recently too (September, 2017).
I predict we'll hear something about an English launch this year.
