EverQuest GNP
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An Economist at Cal State - Fullerton has written an article proposing that the game Everquest has spawned its own economy and actually ranks as the 77th wealthiest country in the world (Russia ranks 76th). http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991847
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An Economist at Cal State - Fullerton has written an article proposing that the game Everquest has spawned its own economy and actually ranks as the 77th wealthiest country in the world (Russia ranks 76th). http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991847
YEah...I caught that the other day too. It was funny how he commented that while Ultima Online doesn't try to restrict "real world" transactions of "game world" materials, Sony DOES, claiming that it's it's intellectual property. He commented that Sony is fighting a trade war that no "real world" government has ever won. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: As Borusa always said, There's nothing more useless than a lock with a voice print.
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YEah...I caught that the other day too. It was funny how he commented that while Ultima Online doesn't try to restrict "real world" transactions of "game world" materials, Sony DOES, claiming that it's it's intellectual property. He commented that Sony is fighting a trade war that no "real world" government has ever won. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: As Borusa always said, There's nothing more useless than a lock with a voice print.
The details are in a report that is available online at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/delivery.cfm/SSRN\_ID294828\_code020114590.pdf?abstractid=294828 It seems sad that a virtual world could have a better GNP than an actual country. Several people I know have moved on to a new game called the Dark Age of Camelot: http://www.darkageofcamelot.com