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How much will it cost to continue to play EVE for players in Japan?
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boku doraemon
Doomheim
#1 - 2011-10-27 06:59:39 UTC
CCP anounced the changes in payments, account and ID by email of October 26.

According to it,
-Only EVE players in Japan (including foreigners in Japan) will need to have NEXON ID.
-We have to pay for Game Time and PLEX via NEXON.

I have a question.

How much will the monthly fee be for EVE?

The average prices of MMO in Japan is around JPY1,500-JPY3,000 ($20US to $40US).
Only players in Japan have to pay $20 or $30 for EVE?

If you will force us to change the payment method, please tell us the price as soon as possible.

thanks.




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On July 7, 2011, CCP Games and Nexon Co. Ltd. announced the signing of a co-publishing agreement that aims to bring a localized and fully supported version of EVE Online to Japan. The partnership entails that CCP will continue to develop and host the game, as well as handle all gameplay related customer support. Nexon, meanwhile, will handle billing, billing support and local marketing/PR. We have noticed that our Japanese players are very curious about the plans ahead and we will try to answer some of the most frequently asked questions here below.

Payments, account and ID
In order to fully utilize the strengths and expertise of the two companies - and thereby offer the best possible service to Japanese users – Nexon will handle all EVE-related payments for Japanese users starting from April 1, 2012. We have adapted an approach that ensures minimal inconvenience for our existing players. We hereby confirm that players will keep both existing EVE accounts and characters, and that there will be no change regarding the existing EVE ID system or how it is used to access the game client and EVE-related login sites (such as EVE Gate and Account Management). Please note, however, that all players will need to establish an additional Nexon ID which will be used exclusively for billing and billing support. In short, the only change to existing account and login procedure is that after April 1, 2012 an additional login step will be added for players to access Nexon's convenient and secure payment system. The change above will apply to all players residing in Japan regardless of nationality.

Nexon offers all major payment methods. Please click the following for more information: https://point.nexon.co.jp/main/guide/guide/what.asp

Language options and server
We want to use this opportunity to confirm that all Japan-based users will continue to have the option of playing in English, Japanese or any other languages officially supported by CCP. Although it is a common matter of speech to refer to a "Japanese client" to be launched in Japan, we want to emphasize that Japanese players will continue to play on Tranquility with the rest of EVE’s international community, and that Japanese will be added as a language option to the existing EVE client, which already supports English, Russian and German. All Japan-based players will retain these language options after the launch of Japanese.

Localization status and plans ahead
In this context, we are happy to announce that EVE players will have an opportunity to preview the new Japanese version of EVE before the end of the year. Testing and improving the Japanese version of EVE on the new localization platform, Cerberus, is a top priority for CCP right now and we look forward to reporting to you in more detail about our progress and plans ahead. Our partnership with Nexon also allows us to offer various EVE-related information, support and activities in Japanese which we are convinced will be of great interest to existing players. More information will follow in the coming weeks and months regarding the official launch plans, along with special discounts that will be offered to existing players to celebrate this long-awaited milestone.

Thank you as always for your interest and participation in the ever-evolving world of EVE Online.

Fly safely!
CCP Games, Japan Team
Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#2 - 2011-10-27 07:01:20 UTC
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Nemesis Factor
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#3 - 2011-10-27 07:05:07 UTC
As I said in what is no doubt your alt's thread, I do not see how CCP would require you to sign in through Nexon unless they blocked all incoming connections from Japan that did not have Nexon's signature on it. This seems counter productive to me. Of course it could be the only way to have a JP localized client would be to sign in through whatever system Nexon puts up.
ArmyOfMe
Moist Wanted.
OnlyFleets.
#4 - 2011-10-27 07:15:54 UTC
:CCP:Roll

GM Guard > I must ask you not to use the petition option like this again but i personally would finish the chicken sandwich first so it won´t go to waste. The spaghetti will keep and you can use it the next time you get hungry. Best regards.
madd0g11
State War Academy
Caldari State
#5 - 2011-10-27 07:23:52 UTC
Everything but payment will still be based on existing ID. But payment for everyone in Japan is supposed to go through Nexon. The Japanese player base is very pissed off and want more information than the half assed email. Check on twitter and 2ch and see how many guys are fired up. Namely how much are they going to **** us on price. The yen to dollar rate is beneficial to Japanese players and if we move to Nexon who is to say the rate won't double. We want CCP and Nexon to tell us what they expect to charge.

I totally understand CCP and Nexon have to make cash to cover localization cost and support but perhaps old players could be grandfathered in their old payment system. These are the same players that were told at the Tokyo players conference that they were going to be interal to helping out Japanese newbies. Players who have been playing for years.

How will this affect the foreigners who might only be in Japan for a year or two? Do they need to switch to Nexon? Then what happens if they move back home? What about long term foreigners paying with foreign credit cards or PayPal? You would be imposing additional steps to payment and possibly very large increases in payment.

All Japanese players regardless of nationaliy have a boatload of questions and few answers.