Probability of publicity does not match the actual situation: Krafton was fined 2.5 million won for false publicity of “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” – Passionategeekz

Passionategeekz According to June 21, since the implementation of the amendment to the South Korean Game Industry Law in March last year, the South Korean Fair Trading Commission has been conducting an investigation, requiring game companies to disclose specific information on probability props.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the Korea Fair Trading Commission announced on June 16 that it would impose penalties on Krafton and Com2uS. The two companies were fined 2.5 million won (Passionategeekz Note: the current exchange rate is approximately RMB 13,103) for violating the E-Commerce Law.

Both companies were fined because the probability of publicity was inconsistent with the actual situation:

• Krafton ：

• “PUBG: Battle Royale” launched last March-June last year’s NewJeans girl group’s joint skin promotion “must obtain the fifth attempt”, but the actual probability of success for the fifth time is only 9%;

• In some prop synthesis systems, the acquisition probability is claimed to be 0.1414% – 0.7576%, and the actual probability is 0.

In addition to the fine, the Korea Fair Trading Commission also requires the two companies to submit violation prevention plans within 30 days:

• Krafton has refunded more than 1.1 billion won (current exchange rate is approximately RMB 5.765 million) to more than 380,000 affected users, and issued in-game currency worth approximately RMB 9.8 billion (current exchange rate is approximately RMB 51.362 million) as compensation.

• Com2uS distributes 200,000 won (current exchange rate is approximately RMB 1,048) in-game currency to all 1.55 million users (regardless of whether the props are purchased or not).

The Korea Fair Trading Commission said: “In the future, monitoring of consumers’ behaviors through probabilistic item information will be strengthened. If violations of the law are found, strict sanctions will be imposed. At the same time, it is planned to continue to strictly enforce the law while ensuring effective prevention of repeated offenses and compensation for consumer victimization.”

In addition to the two major companies mentioned above, Gravity (“Wonderland Online”) and Wemade (“Night Crow”) were ordered to correct and fined in April this year. Other gaming companies, including Webzen (MU Archingel) and NCSoft (Paradise) are also under sanctions. At the beginning of last year, Nexon was fined 11.6 billion won for secretly changing the probability of randomly drawing game props such as “The Island of Adventure”.

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