Audition Online – Meet friends and dance!
The downloadable multiplayer online casual rhythm game produced by T3 Entertainment is popularly called Audition Online or on Korea it is known as 오디션 온라인 whereas in Japan, it called Dancin’ Paradise. This Multiplayer online casual rhythm game was originally released in South Korea at the year 2005. However it has been localized or limited by a variety of publishers around the globe included to that is the North America which is marketed by Nexon Corporation. This game is a free to play game, maybe people wonder how this game can earn its revenue. For the information or everyone, this game earns its revenues by selling virtual items such as clothes for the player’s avatar or character. In South Korea, PSP or also known as Audition Portable and cellular phone versions were release on June 1, 2007 and June 4, 2007 respectively.
The history of this online game is very interesting. This online game actually started or originated as a popular comic called Audition, and is being read by young adults in South Korea. Inspired with the comic, T3 Entertainment created Audition online along with Yedang Online. In this part or Korea, Audition gained popularity. Since popularity increased, T3 Entertainment and YEdang Online began to localize or concentrate the game in some regions as well as countries including China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, Philippines, North America, Thailand, Taiwan, South East Asia, Vietnam, Brazil, United Kingdom, And Remaining European Countries including the publishers who have the licensed the game in Europe. This online game was also released to a ‘global’ audience at one point, which largely consisted of American and Vietnamese players. Due to hacking, updates on Global Audition were stopped, resulting to shutting down of the server. In Korea, Audition Online continued to be the most updated version with a very large support base and weekly updates.
Audition Online is free to play. It means that a person can play it anytime without registering any credit card or buying load cards. By using the famous Virtual Asset Sales which is a cash up system that allows users to use real money to purchase in-game clothes, accessories and the like to dress up and make their avatars good looking just the way the user want it. This Online game is actually quite the same in effects and appearance with Bust A Groove, however, due to the reason that this game features online connectivity, meaning, one has to avail of online connectivity or internet, it is referred now as a multiplayer online casual game. According to one of the IT Websites, specifically, Electronic Times Internet said that Audition reached 50 million registered users in China, with 500,000 coexisting players. A Chinese search engine called Baidu discovered that Audition is the top leading or number 1 in rank in all its searches, and is ahead of games like Crazyracing Kartrider and World of Warcraft.
The Audition Online’s popularity started in South Korea and Global versions of the game. As this game becomes well-known globally, more and more users sign up for the South Korea and Global servers. But, as mentioned above earlier, because hackers are present in Global Servers, Bugs Corporation discontinued the server and most of the users transfer to the South Korean servers. As users get larger in population in South Korean Server, T3 Entertainment and Yedang Online have decided to localize the game in some of the countries in Asia, even in Europe who availed license for it to be available in the countries within that continent. Another is North America, where it is well-known due to television advertisements and even on MTV Networks and also being number 3 on Seventeen Magazine’s list of hot summer to do list.