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MMORPG Economies Explored in Depth

Posted by chrisd on from the i-wouldn't-know-anything-about-this dept.

Obscure Economist writes "The Social Science Research Network (SSRN, http://www.ssrn.com) has just posted a free download of "On Virtual Economies," a new broad-focused study of the market for MMORPGs. Think of it as a less descriptive, but more predictive, follow-up to my paper on the EverQuest economy of last spring. The link, for those interested: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id =338500. Comments and criticism appreciated. Edward Castronova, Associate Professor of Economics, Cal State Fullerton"

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  1. How Scientists justify wasting time by Drawkcab · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, I didn't waste 1000 hours this year playing EverCrack, it was important research!

    1. Re:How Scientists justify wasting time by unicron · · Score: 4, Funny

      Whenever I type /played it comes back with "don't worry about it".

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  2. Economic crisis by 0ddity · · Score: 5, Funny

    National economies are suffering now that online economies are manipulated through dubious means using real world monies. The value of the EverQuest currency currently exceeds the value of the US dollar. Other markets are experiencing similiar downfalls. One solution proposed by Microsoft Corporation is to alter the virual economies with DRM technology to facilitate fair usage of currency. RIAA sources say that they are also working on a solution but offered no details.

  3. Maybe in ten years we'll be seeing this on CNN... by Doctor+Sbaitso · · Score: 4, Funny

    NASDAQ up 21.42 points
    Dow down by 8.21
    EverQuest SE up 1.50

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