Min Kim says: “I know players everywhere hate it but, we’re just not capable of the effort required to produce a decent amount of content so we just slow it all down to keep the morons playing!”

sad thing is, Nexon can afford it. They can afford a lot of things they desperately need but, are far too greedy and lazy to do so.

[Edited: Please avoid personal attacks.]

The west hates grind to the point they simply won't do it and a game that requires grind will fall to the wayside here. While according to Min the east does not like the grinding but they accept it.

I have played some games from the east and the graphics and things like that weren't that bad but the grind seems to always be there after a certain point. Which presents not only a problem in the West but a great challenge to eliminate this.

The cafe's also are something very big in the East. I don't see them being so at all in the West. Many reasons for this I think. One being security and privacy. The West is more private and less social in that type of gaming environment. We tend to like to be in the comfort of our home where we can take care of things and still play. Mothers that play can do so and have their children right there where they can care for them or stop for a bit to fix dinner for the family. Going to a cafe would mean the need of sitters and other things falling short.

I may be wrong but I think another reason the cafe is used in the East is the availability and cost of internet there. I get this from those I have met in games I have played. In the West it is an option that one can have an afford and play all day with no fear of using too much time and being cut off or paying an extremely high cost. This is also true in Europe as well. The internet is not charged the same in other parts of the world like it is here in USA.