"ya.. supply and demand is cool, too bad Sony's soo against it."
There have been governments that didn't like supply and demand in their currencies. Black markets develop, just like they have for EQ cash.
'Real' money is just as unreal as EQ or DAOC cash. It's only worth what people will give you for it. Modern MMPORGs are well on their way to becoming 'nations' without borders. If you can trade U.S. currency for theirs on the black market, the Fantasy realm currencies are pretty close to a real currency.
What I'm waiting for is some government to decide that they should be taxing the economic transactions in an MMPORG. Or some mob using one to launder money. It's not far off.
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"ya.. supply and demand is cool, too bad Sony's soo against it." There have been governments that didn't like supply and demand in their currencies. Black markets develop, just like they have for EQ cash. 'Real' money is just as unreal as EQ or DAOC cash. It's only worth what people will give you for it. Modern MMPORGs are well on their way to becoming 'nations' without borders. If you can trade U.S. currency for theirs on the black market, the Fantasy realm currencies are pretty close to a real currency. What I'm waiting for is some government to decide that they should be taxing the economic transactions in an MMPORG. Or some mob using one to launder money. It's not far off.