As a point of comparison to CoH/V the other day, Aion earned 89 846 million Won in Q4 2009. Doing the same kind of calculation – converting Won to $US ($76.9m) using an end-of-period exchange rate, dividing that number by $15 a month x 3 for the quarter (so $45) – you end up with … Continue reading
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Scientific American on Why RMT Is Good For Developing Nations
An interesting article that serves as a decent history lesson as well as a different viewpoint on real money transactions (RMT) in MMOs. If you take the view of the article, it’s interesting to consider that RMT / gold farming can be a positive influence on employment in developing countries since it pays well enough … Continue reading
A Random Thought: If I Were Head of Blizzard…
This thought occurred to me as I was reading We Fly Spitfire’s comments on the console MMOFPS rumour around Blizzard’s next game… If the rumour was true and I were head of Blizzard, I’d: Take a trip to the Money Room at Blizzard HQ and have a swim around in the Money Pool ala Scrooge … Continue reading
The Power of Free (and Hence F2P)
I came across this article the other day about the power of free stuff – a free product / item / service is much more widely accepted by people than the same product / item / service that has only a minimal cost attached to it. As the article points out, the difference between free … Continue reading
World Class Villains 