Korea Game Industry Association 15th A written opinion was submitted against the’all amendment of the game industry promotion law’ The opinions delivered to the members of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, Controversy is arising because it contains a remark that “probability-type items have a structure of variable probability”.
The body of the opinion in question is as follows.
(strategy) In addition, in the case of current probability-type items, the method of operating probability-type items for each game varies widely, and it has a structure of’variation probability’, so that the probability always fluctuates according to the user’s game progress. There are cases where the exact number of the probability is not known, and for game companies, it is often impossible to even calculate the exact supply probability of a specific probability type item. In other words, since each user has different ways of playing the game, even if it is the same game, the supply probability of each type of probability item inevitably varies depending on what experience points or progress is made in the game. Providing the probability of supplying each type of probability item according to the experience value and progress of each user to more than one user is not feasible, so in-depth review is required. (Omitted below)
to sum up Developers who create probabilistic items often do not know the exact number of probabilities, and it is often impossible to even calculate probabilities in the first place.
According to the amendment to the game law currently submitted to the National Assembly, a probability item “Directly or indirectly, game items purchased for a fee by game users “The kind, effect and performance are determined by accidental factors”
However, there are cases where the Game Industry Association does not even know the probability of supplying this probability item. The amendment It contains a legal definition of probability-type items and that the game company must legally disclose the probability of drawing. Currently, the industry is autonomous We are revealing the probability of probability-type items, The Korean Game Policy Autonomous Organization is announcing non-compliant game products.
Gamers are outraged when these contents are revealed in the name of the association. This is because, if the various probabilities that are currently disclosed are fluctuating, the probabilities that are left to self-regulation can all be false. Moreover, the current industry A situation where the probability of modified items such as bingo type and existing item enhancement type is not disclosed.
The opinion is presumed to have been owed to a serious misunderstanding of the association representing the industry. ‘In fact, the probability of dropping hunting ground items in MMORPGs, which have a variable probability, and the probability of paid items they sell, may be confused.’
In particular, the association has previously classified a draw-type’probability item’ and an item that drops with probability, but does not use the term itself differently. In fact, drop items are also acquired by probability, so they are classified as probability items. However, in the current situation in the game market, the question remains whether the concept of a probability item is interpreted differently by mixing the definition of a probability item while the concept of a draw type probability item is generalized.
Even in this opinion, it is found that the definition of the probabilistic item in the amendment is not clear, which impedes the predictability of the operator.
An official from the Game Association said in a call with This Is Game, “a misunderstanding occurred when we abbreviated the report contents. We are well aware of the points pointed out, and we will prepare to quickly correct this in the near future.” However, it did not disclose how the content would be corrected.
The entire amendment bill that the association has questioned is the bill of the Office of Representative Lee Sang-heon of the Democratic Party (agenda number 2106496). The same party’s offices of Congressman Seung-rae Cho and Lee Dong-soo have amendments to the Game Act.
