Selling Pixels
Bruce recently pointed me to a bizarre little blog detailing the economics of making a living out of buying and selling virtual property in Ultima Online. Professional writer Julian Dibbell makes more money pimping in Britannia than he ever did as a writer. Total annual item sales in UO currently tops $3.6 million, making it the 79th richest “nation” on earth. An entrepreneur called Yantis has done a similar thing in Everquest, becoming a millionaire in little more than a year of trading. I play these sorts of games, and the implications of all this boggle me.
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