Sony Online To Sell Virtual Property

OMG! writes "In an open letter to the community John Smedley, the president of Sony Online Entertainment, announced their new service 'the Station Exchange' which will allow players of Everquest II to trade their items for real live money. Sony Online is the first major player in the MMORPG genre to embrace commercial trading of in-game items." Commentary available from all the usual suspects, including Wired, the Players, Terra Nova, F13, and Grimwell. This would seem to be a total reversal of the policies of certain other MMOGs.

Comments

Finally

[Anonymous Coward]

"How much for your woman?"

You know what's going to happen...

[Sloppyjoes7]

...Poor players will have to work for their virtual items, while some punk kid will spend his paycheck on a +1,000 sword of n00bPower.

It makes sense to me to limit or ban this kind of trading/buying. What's the point of earning money and stats, if you can simply buy them?

Hrmm

[acehole]

So the rich get to stay on top even in games?

oh what fun that will be, my character can be a penniless student just like in real life.

Stop the press!

[vrai]

Poor people at a disadvantage to those with high disposable incomes! I can only hope that life doesn't imitate art or we could end up living in a world where the wealthy have access to the best homes, food, clothing, transport, education and health care! What a nightmarish vision!

A Messag From Sincere Busines Partner

[rewinn]

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