Nexon Korea To Open A Universal Currency Exchange In April

Have you ever said to yourself "MapleStory is great and all, but after 5 years, I'm done with it. Time to move to MapleStory 2 or Dragon Nest or Dungeon Fighter Online. But I'm super rich here and I'd have to start over. If only I could take my stuff with me"? Nexon Korea is introducing a new system that might help with that. A new "universal currency exchange" system will allow players to trade in-game cash between over 40 of Nexon's PC games. At this time, Nexon is not planning to add mobile games to the service due to exchange rates being difficult to implement when dealing with third-parties.

To facilitate the exchange of currencies, Nexon will be introducing a "new form of currency that stands in the middle"; Nexon Star. Nexon Star will be a real-money currency that is necessary to trade your in-game cash across games. The exact value of this currency and details such as whether or not various games will be more expensive to trade to have yet to be revealed.

Despite having just been announced, this new system is already raising concerns. The official list of 40 games hasn't been announced yet and many are worried that older, more easily exploitable games will make it possible to farm in one game and reap benefits in another. Many are particularly expressing concern over the original MapleStory and its current economy ruining the economy of Tree of Savior and MapleStory 2. Quotes from the original article seem to imply that Nexon are aiming to allow currency to be exchanged between games like MapleStory and Dungeon Fighter Online and games like FIFA Online 3 and Sudden Attack, which could lead to some odd results.

The system is planned to launch "no later than April" on Nexon Korea's service. Nexon Star can already be purchased "in the form of Mileage," but no details on how the conversion will work at launch have been released yet.