2014-03-09, 11:31 AM
The difference to the casino example is that casino payouts are real money, which the casino does not have an infinite supply of. If they paid out more than they earned, they'd go out of business.
However, cubing payout is just bits of data, which cost Nexon nothing to generate. They could give everyone good results and not lose a thing. There might be concerns about in-game balance, and such, but that's a whole different topic.
As it is, by giving people poor results, they discouraged people from buying cubes. I'm sure that the total cubes used (and bought!) on the second Miracle Time fell far below expectations, after the midnight session warned people off. That's not how you run an event that's supposed to make people crash the Cash Shop in their lust for more cubes. (Would have been typical Nexon sneakiness to make the midnight session give good results but the afternoon one fail, which causes me to think this "rigging" or "scam" is more stupidity than malice).
However, cubing payout is just bits of data, which cost Nexon nothing to generate. They could give everyone good results and not lose a thing. There might be concerns about in-game balance, and such, but that's a whole different topic.
As it is, by giving people poor results, they discouraged people from buying cubes. I'm sure that the total cubes used (and bought!) on the second Miracle Time fell far below expectations, after the midnight session warned people off. That's not how you run an event that's supposed to make people crash the Cash Shop in their lust for more cubes. (Would have been typical Nexon sneakiness to make the midnight session give good results but the afternoon one fail, which causes me to think this "rigging" or "scam" is more stupidity than malice).