Gender locked race?

[Karl0217]

People keep going on like only the JP/NA/EU player's desires/tastes count. They seem to be forgetting the large player bases in the Korean and Chinese markets. People often talk about how genderlocking is a staple of Korean MMO's, so new genderlocked races couldn't possibly be catering to that crowd? Especially when those are areas they would likely look to be increasing their playerbase even more as they may have reached a plateau in the NA/EU/JP regions.

Increasing market share in another region is one thing. Doing it at the expense of their existing market shares in three other regions is counter-productive in the extreme. Also, as a counter-point to this the next Korean MMO making its way west this year, Astellia Online, has gender locks in the Korean build but the developers are busy removing them for the version intended for American and European markets. Not to mention their North American and European player base has been increasing the last year or so. That is why both the EU and NA are getting new datacenters specifically to accommodate that growing player base.