Virtual Economies and the Real World Consequences
LONDON, ENGLAND — (Marketwired) — 09/02/13 — The evolution of video gaming has given rise to vast and nuanced virtual economies, many of which share an affinity with real world equivalents and offer a landscape on which to implement complex economic models. Titles such as Eve Online accommodate over 500,000 players – who each rack up an average of 22 hours game time a week and shed $200 a year on subscription fees – which goes some way to explain how virtual worlds can often mirror real worl