Jake Song: In Korea, the market for online worlds emerged early compared to other parts of world except the US. It was almost the same time as the US market. For example Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds went commercial at early 1996. And with the game room phenomena, the market exploded.

The major portion of players are from game rooms, but broadband access at home is growing very fast also. As they have already experienced the pleasure of high-speed networks at game rooms, they want to play the same games at home. Now broadband vs. modem subscription ratio in Korea is higher than in the US.