‘Infinite Breakthrough Three Kingdoms Reverse’, a P2E game that has collected 400,000 domestic users by adding a function to earn money, has been deleted from both major app markets. It has been only 40 days since the official release on the 18th of last month.
The game developer started a lawsuit for an injunction against the administrative disposition of the Game Management Committee (Game Board). However, it is expected that it will take at least a month or more for the court to make a decision.
The company released ‘Infinite Breakthrough Three Kingdoms Reverse L’, a version excluding the money-making function so that users can continue playing the game, but users demanded a refund of the ‘paid items’ they purchased, saying that it is no longer a P2E game.
◇ ‘Money Making Game’ Infinite Breaking Three Kingdoms, Deleted from App Market on the 27th… Responding to “Application for Injunction”
Natris, the developer of ‘Infinite Breakthrough Three Kingdoms Reverse’, said through the official community at 11 am on the 27th, “The service is currently suspended due to the cancellation of the game rating classification. with apologies,” he said.
Released on the 18th of last month, Infinite Breakthrough Three Kingdoms Reverse is a so-called ‘P2E game’ (Play to Earn) that combines block chain technology with items to enable users to earn money. The game committee, a regulatory authority, notified the game of ‘cancellation of the rating decision’, which is effectively a game deletion action. This is because Korea legally prohibits the conversion of virtual items into cash on the grounds of speculation.
The company immediately took legal action. Natris said, “We appointed Kim & Chang Law Firm as a litigation representative regarding the game committee’s disposition and completed the filing of the complaint with the court on the 27th.
If the company wins the lawsuit for injunction against enforcement, the service will be able to resume while the main lawsuit is in progress. In fact, in June, the P2E game ‘Five Stars for Clayton’ won a similar lawsuit and is temporarily operating the game.
◇ ‘Reverse L’ was released without coin… Users’ ‘refund requests’ rain
On this day, the game developer released the ‘Infinite Breakthrough Three Kingdoms Reverse L’ version excluding the money-making function. Users can use the game as it is with the existing game information. However, users are raising their voices, saying, “Games without the P2E function are meaningless” and “Please refund the paid items that have been purchased since the game has disappeared.”
In the meantime, ‘Infinite Breakthrough Three Kingdoms Reverse’ has paid 1200 to 2000 Mudol Coins to users who ranked 1st to 50th in competitive content. Users purchased paid items from as little as 1,000 won to as much as hundreds of thousands of won to increase their character’s abilities. According to the industry, the game company is reported to have earned 2 billion won in profits within a month after its release.
In fact, through the official community, a user said, “I bought game items knowing that the game ranking had to rise to get Mudol tokens.
He said, “The reverse L version has been released, but it is a completely different game because the money-making function has been deleted.
Only 250 inquiries related to ‘refund’ posted on the official community since the 20th. However, the game company has not made an official statement on users’ request for refund.
◇ Content Dispute Mediation Committee “We will reach a smooth agreement between game companies and users”
It was found that game users are requesting refunds for paid items through the refund procedures provided by app markets such as Google Play and Apple App Store.
However, most users who failed to get a refund are knocking on the door of the ‘Contents Dispute Mediation Committee’ as the next best solution because the App Market has strict conditions such as Δ payment period Δ number of refunds Δ reasonable reason for refund. The Contents Dispute Mediation Committee is a subsidiary of the Korea Creative Content Agency (Conjinwon), and is responsible for mediating content transaction disputes between content providers and users.
A Conjin One official said, “It is difficult to tell the specific number of cases, but there are a number of dispute resolution requests related to the game.
“However, we do not have the authority to force refunds on game companies,” he explained.
