I have played it for two years now. It is free to download and free to play. However, most end up depositing a little bit of money to make the experience a bit more fun.
Whats this you say? A true virtual economy? Yes, my son. Had you not spouted off and shown your ignorance for all to see. Had you used one little teeny tiny part of your brain to figure out what is is you are commenting on you would realize that Peoject Entropia is a completely new concept in MMORPG gaming.
PE has an economy tied to the USD. It is free to download and free to play. You can exchange real life money at a rate of 1 USD (US Dollar) = 10 PED (Project Entropia Dollar). The real kicker here is you can also exchange money back into USD. Thats right, earn a pile of cash and turn it into real dough.
Now, do you honestly think this guy would have spent $26,500 on an island if he (A) didn't already have tons of cash in real life and (B) didn't think it was a good investment?
I can say first hand as a PE participant that he should have no trouble making his money back plus potentially alot of profit.
Would I have paid that much? No way. I don't have that kind of cash and if I did would still have a hard time doing it.
However, there were multiple people involved in this auction via the ingame auctioneer and this is the gentleman that won.
My advice to you? If don't know anything about what you are commenting on you may just want to keep your mouth shut. Picking on this guy, who it would seem has made a brilliant money making descision, will not make your trite and meaningless life any better.
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You have no clue do you? This is an ingame economy not some island purchased through Ebay.
I have played it for two years now. It is free to download and free to play. However, most end up depositing a little bit of money to make the experience a bit more fun.
Whats this you say? A true virtual economy? Yes, my son. Had you not spouted off and shown your ignorance for all to see. Had you used one little teeny tiny part of your brain to figure out what is is you are commenting on you would realize that Peoject Entropia is a completely new concept in MMORPG gaming. PE has an economy tied to the USD. It is free to download and free to play. You can exchange real life money at a rate of 1 USD (US Dollar) = 10 PED (Project Entropia Dollar). The real kicker here is you can also exchange money back into USD. Thats right, earn a pile of cash and turn it into real dough. Now, do you honestly think this guy would have spent $26,500 on an island if he (A) didn't already have tons of cash in real life and (B) didn't think it was a good investment? I can say first hand as a PE participant that he should have no trouble making his money back plus potentially alot of profit. Would I have paid that much? No way. I don't have that kind of cash and if I did would still have a hard time doing it. However, there were multiple people involved in this auction via the ingame auctioneer and this is the gentleman that won. My advice to you? If don't know anything about what you are commenting on you may just want to keep your mouth shut. Picking on this guy, who it would seem has made a brilliant money making descision, will not make your trite and meaningless life any better.
Dud, the game is over three years old. It is not going to change in "the coming weeks".