Earlier this year, I bought a house for $US360,000. It was a scary investment, yes, but also one that gave me somewhere to live. I just can’t see buying a virtual item for $US330,000 being as practical.
Buzz Erik Lightyear, a major player in the world of Entropia Online, recently spent that much money on a single item in the game, the “Crystal Palace” space station.
Sounds absolutely crazy, but then, there’s a catch: the Crystal Palace sells items in the game world, and Buzz will get a cut of every sale made. There’s also major profits to be made hunting the creatures that roam the station.
Still…$330,000 on something that’s really just a bunch of polygons sitting on a server, whose survival is dependant on the whims of the company controlling those servers… I’ll stick to spending that kind of money on real dwellings, thanks.
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Never played the game. But even for a catch like that... ugh; good money wasted.
Not worth it.
EDIT: For those that don't know, here's a description of the game taken from Entropia's site:
QUOTEEntropia Universe is a Massively Multiplayer Online Virtual Universe with a Real Cash Economy. Over 750,000 participants from around the world interact in a rich three-dimensional environment with a secure and dynamic economy. Entropia Universe takes the MMORPG genre to the next level by offering a unique mixture of online entertainment, social networking and e-commerce through a ground breaking new concept: the connection of a real economy to a gigantic three-dimensional virtual universe.
