Comments on: Money in online games http://psychochild.org/?p=366 A developer's musings on game development and writing. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:16:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: weblog.probablynot.com http://psychochild.org/?p=366#comment-387693 weblog.probablynot.com Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:02:29 +0000 http://www.psychochild.org/?p=366#comment-387693 <b>Just One Dollar</b> [...] out why he believes that subscription models for MMOs are doomed. More recently, he touched on money in online games again, and this time hit the reason why I support the subscription model: Gambling [...] Just One Dollar

[...] out why he believes that subscription models for MMOs are doomed. More recently, he touched on money in online games again, and this time hit the reason why I support the subscription model: Gambling [...]

]]> By: JuJutsu http://psychochild.org/?p=366#comment-387464 JuJutsu Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:00:04 +0000 http://www.psychochild.org/?p=366#comment-387464 "Will RuneScape be victorious over the gold sellers?" I doubt it. "Will RuneScape be victorious over the gold sellers?"

I doubt it.

]]> By: Psychochild’s Blog http://psychochild.org/?p=366#comment-387405 Psychochild’s Blog Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:21:25 +0000 http://www.psychochild.org/?p=366#comment-387405 <b>Weekend Design Challenge: Cheating</b> [...] more thoughts after the break. If you want a specific focus, look for a way to circumvent RuneScape's new system. I've come up with another idea after listing one way to circumvent it. Let's see your devious [...] Weekend Design Challenge: Cheating

[...] more thoughts after the break. If you want a specific focus, look for a way to circumvent RuneScape's new system. I've come up with another idea after listing one way to circumvent it. Let's see your devious [...]

]]> By: Psychochild http://psychochild.org/?p=366#comment-387340 Psychochild Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:02:51 +0000 http://www.psychochild.org/?p=366#comment-387340 One interesting thing the article about <i>ZT Online</i> mentions is that the <a href="http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/12/04/chinese-game-sued-gold-farming/" rel="nofollow">developer was sued</a> by shareholders when they tried to take steps to reduce gold farming in their game. The reductions in active players due to gold farmers leaving weren't disclosed, according to the shareholders. This might be one thing that <i>Runescape</i> has to face: if they have a significant gold farming problem and they do discourage gold farming, it could hurt the numbers people use to measure the game. One interesting thing the article about ZT Online mentions is that the developer was sued by shareholders when they tried to take steps to reduce gold farming in their game. The reductions in active players due to gold farmers leaving weren't disclosed, according to the shareholders. This might be one thing that Runescape has to face: if they have a significant gold farming problem and they do discourage gold farming, it could hurt the numbers people use to measure the game.

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