Koolk was arrested!!

On top of what Loddlaen said, cash shop items has catches, that is you need a character to buy/wear it obviously. If you dont have a character on their server in the first place, they they're not losing any income from that.

Then Nexon could argue that without private servers, that player WOULD HAVE played on their server.

But, BUT, to play on their server, it's free. They advertised it that way. No need to pay, it's free and because we can. However, that's the same with playing on a private server. It's still free. You dont have to pay anything.

Nexon used the argument that we buy NX POINTS, and thus it's not refundable, and however we choose spent with those NX points are up to us. We're not oblige to buy the points, so how are they saying they're losing money on cash shop items otherwise? What is the difference between a player playing on a private server and one playing on GMS say?? (ignoring all these copyright issues). Absolutely nothing. Someone joining GMS doesnt mean they have to buy NX. That was how Nexon advertised it.

On the other hand, the music industry or WoW on the other hand requires registration, thus if you dont pay, you cant play. There is a tangible loss right there. They can show a direct relationship to membership/item bought = revenue. Nexon cannot.

Not exactly. On GMS, it's almost impossible to become really strong without any NX. Not impossible, but pretty hard.

On a PS, it's extremely easy to be super strong with no money at all. So people that would have spent money on AP resets/2X exp or drop/marriage/gacha just play on a PS, which does make them lose money.