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This actually happened with that online Star Wars game. Good players
were selling their characters and weapons over ebay, and making a
respectable profit in doing so. No time to find link right now, but will
later... |
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I know there are (were?) offices in China where workers actual jobs would be to play the games & then sell the accessories on ebay. I was just thinking of putting it into a cartridge form. |
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Indeed, make it official, so the game publisher makes money instead of third parties. I've heard the concept discussed jokingly before but I don't think any publisher has been evil enough to actually do it yet. |
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I would link to a couple of Penny Arcade webcomics but they might be a bit risqué for here. |
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The closest implementation I can think of is the card game Magic: The Gathering in which you could spend huge amounts of money buying card decks in the hope of getting rare and powerful cards. |
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Yes, but what on earth is the point? Isn't it a bit like paying
extra for a pre-solved SoDuKo? I always thought the point of
computer games was in the playing of them, which is
apparently enjoyable? |
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