[XB소프트] 2K 게임스에 보낸 건의문

[hsk274]

The recent screen shots of the Xbox 360 version of NBA2K7 awed many Asian video

gamers with their incredibly realistic and beautiful graphics. Still due to 2K

games’ policy of not releasing Asian code version of 2K sports title, many

Asian video gamers didn’t have the privilege of enjoying critically acclaimed

titles such as NBA2K6. As one of the Korean gamers who are eagerly anticipating

the release of Asian code version of NBA2K7 and MLB2K7, I am sending this

letter of complaint to inform 2K games that releasing the Asian code version

Xbox 360 2K sports titles will be a profitable decision because of two reasons:

rapid growth in sales of Xbox360, the popularity of sports titles with online

features.


First, releasing Asian code version will be a profitable decision for 2K games

because Xbox 360 is rapidly establishing itself as a dominant next generation

console in Asia. Major Asian markets such as Korea and Japan have not been

profitable grounds for Xbox or Xbox 360, but recently the market trend rapidly

shifted after the announcements made in the E3. In Japan, the 2nd biggest video

game market in the world, the sales of Xbox 360 doubled recently, and the sales

figure will go up as Microsoft is planning to release titles such as Blue

Dragon and Lost Odyssey, which are highly anticipated in Japan. Also in Korea,

the sales of Xbox 360 tripled after E3.The powerful online feature of Xbox 360

is a great marketing edge in Korea which is the biggest online game market in

the world. Already the approximately 20.000 consoles are sold in Korea, and

Micro Soft Korea is estimating that more than 100.000 consoles will be sold by

the end of the year. Even one official of UBI soft said that Asia, especially

Korea, market has great potential for Xbox 360 and its system based titles. As

the sales of Xbox 360 increases in Asia, Asia is not a negligible market

anymore. Instead it is a market with great potential for 2K sports.


Second, releasing Asian code version will be a profitable decision for 2K games

because, with its great online feature 2K sports titles can be system selling

titles in Korea. Konami’s Winning Eleven Soccer series has been a system

selling franchise for Play Station2 in Korea. Because of Winning Eleven’s

phenomenal success numerous stores called “Play Station Rooms,” where many

Koreans play Winning Eleven with their friends opened. With its online

features, which Winning Eleven lacked, 2K Sports games can be a system seller

which can enjoy the sales and popularity Winning Eleven had. Even though Korea

is not a big video game market its great interest in online multiplayer and

sports titles make it a potentially profitable market.


Due to the reasons suggested above, I believe that releasing the Asian code

version of 2K sports title will not only be great news for Asian video game

users but also a profitable decision for 2K games. I hope 2K sports consider my

letter of complaint and make a decision which would delight many Asian and

Korean video gamers including me.


몇개의 기사보고 참고해서 작성했습니다. 제가 2K게임 주소를 몰라서요... 누가 대신

좀 보내주세요.

[hsk274]

대충 내용은 현재 E3이후 일본과 한국에서 엑박360 판매가 바르게 늘어나곻고 있고 전망이 좋아 한번 투자해볼만한 시장이다. 한국에서 플스방이라는게 생길정도로 스포츠 타이틀 위닝 일레븐이 많은 인기를 끌었다. 온라인 기능이 있는 NBA2K7이나 다른 타이틀들은 더 큰 성공과 시스템 셀러의 역할을 할수 있을 가능성이 크다라는 내용입니다

[BabyMing]

저도 꼭 해보고 싶은 유저로써 정발이 아니더라도 월드코드 부탁이요~~

[은빛 늑대]

영어가 짧은 저로서는 정말 님의 노고에 감사드리고요.
어느정도의 공신력(?)을 지니느냐는 약간 문제점이 될 수 있겠네요.
어떻게 하면, 한국 유저들을 대표하는 글이라는 걸 알릴 수 있을까요?

[파저티브]

아주 일목요연하게 눈에 쫙 빨리게 쓰셨네요. 저거 보내면 2k제작진도 곰곰히 생각해볼듯 합니다 화이팅~

[은빛 늑대]

일단 포럼에 올리시고, 다른 유저분들이 가입하시고 리플을 엄청 많이 달면
어떻게 의견이 전해지지 않을까 생각해봅니다. 저는 이미 가입 했습니다.^^

[ws1001]

근데 아시아 시장을 마케팅 하느냐가 돈벌이가 되느냐 안되느냐를 따지기 보다는 얼마나 많은 팬들이 그들의 타이틀을 원하는지를 어필하는게 더 낫지 않을까요? -_- 마케팅 직원도 아니고 우리가 일일이 그런거 설명해주는건 좀...

[ws1001]

밑에 여러분들이 올려주신 의견을 종합해서 다시 한번 적어보긴 했습니다

I am writing this e-mail to inform the 2K Sports developers that there are hundreds of gamers in Asia that are hoping for a chance to get their hands on your products such as NBA 2K7, Top Spin 2. There are several factors that prevent the Asian Xbox 360 owners from getting a chance to play 2K Sports games.

First of all, none of 2K sports titles such as NBA 2K6, NHL 2K6, MLB 2K6 have been released in Asian regions(Japan, Korea, etc) last year. Since most of the Xbox 360 owners in Asia have purchased their systems in Asia, your region-locked softwares that have been released in U.S. will not run on Asian Xbox 360's.

Asian Xbox 360 users are left with only an option of purchasing U.S. version of Xbox 360 in order to play your sports titles. This method is not only a little too pricey for casual gamers but purchasing the imported Xbox360 could also cause numerous legal problems, for Microsoft officially has released Xbox 360 in many Asian countries.

Also, as you may be aware already, many game developers are already releasing region-free games and Sony recently announced that all the PS3 games will be compatible in all the regions. DS and PSP games do not have region coding and probably Wii will follow such trend also.

Considering the numbers of people anticipating for a chance to get their hands on your products and the direction that the current videogame industry is heading towards to, we, the video gamers in Asia, are sincerely hoping that 2K sports would consider releasing the games in Asian regions.

Thank you for your time

근데 다시 적다 보니 아마 MLB 독점권을 가지고 아시아 지역 게이머들에게 MLB 게임을 즐길수 있는 권리를 빼았는것은 독점권을 악용하는것이 아니냐는 항의설 글을 써도 괜찮다는 생각이 드네요

[ws1001]

일단 추천 때립니다. 잘 되서 한국에 꼭 정발되면 좋겠네요 ^^

[SargeDeath]

추천 하나 추가.

[투나보이]

hello, 2k games world code please

good-bye.

[짭쪼겐]

월드코드...정발로 발매되서...NBA유저의 꿈이 이뤄졌으면 ,추천!!!

[Ozakileon]

nhl은 빼도 되는데^^.
축구,야구,농구는 정말 인기 있는 아시아죠.

[고윤석]

여기는 정보게시판인데...

[페이 발렌타인]

머 나름대로는 정보아닌가요? 후후후..

[The_Animal]

제가보기엔 정발인데 태클은 ㄴㄴ~~ 근데 제발 2K 정발은 아직 바리지도 않아 월드코드라도 제발 ... 진짜 너무 하고싶다...

[이건 아니잖아]

우어.. 정발만 해준다면 ㅠㅠ

[cacolytes]

일단 저도 어제 댓글달아주신 글을 링크로 첨부하여 나름대로 건의문을 보내봤습니다. 모쪼록 일말의 가능성에라도 매달려 볼수 밖에요..^^

[Benz-SLK350]

월드코드~이것때문에 북미판 살까 고민중인데~ 북미판 너무 비싸서~흑흑 OTL

[☆THE ROCK☆]

독점권 악용에 대해 뭐라한다면 2K를 뭐라할수가 없습니다.
EA가 먼저 NFL, NCAA풋볼, ESPN같은것들을 독점해나가니
2K는 살아남기 위해서 어쩔수 없이 MLB독점을 따낸거죠.
어짜피 2K 아니었으면 EA가 먹었을 겁니다.
그나마 NBA가 EA의 독점 제휴협상에 응하지 않은게 천만다행이죠.

[심심하오]

투나보이//ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[hochheilig]

정말...해보고 싶어요;;

[flynoa]

방금전에 이메일과 홈페이지의 포럼란에 글 올렸습니다.
많은 분들이 도움을 주셔서 잘 올린것 같네요.
좀 더 많은분들께서 참여해 주시면 좋겠네요.
NBA 2K시리즈를 한국정발 엑박에서 돌아갈 수 있게 말이죠.