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Man buys virtual sword for $16,000 ??
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Man pays $16,000 for virtual sword
By Sajid Farooq
NBC Bay Area
NBC Bay Area
Who exactly pays for virtual tools to grow a better virtual garden or to slay a virtual dragon, you ask?
Plenty of people, despite what Zynga's IPO tells you.
A man in China, for example, recently spent $16,000 for a virtual sword on a game that has not even been released yet.
"Age of Wulin," by California-based company Snail Games, has not even been released on mainland China but that isn't stopping some from spending serious cash on the game.
The game is a role-playing one that is set in ancient China and is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, or better known as MMORPGs.
The man is not alone in his purchases. A study released earlier in the year valued the virtual economy for MMORPGs is $3 billion.
Some people really love their gaming!
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By Sajid Farooq
NBC Bay Area
NBC Bay Area
Who exactly pays for virtual tools to grow a better virtual garden or to slay a virtual dragon, you ask?
Plenty of people, despite what Zynga's IPO tells you.
A man in China, for example, recently spent $16,000 for a virtual sword on a game that has not even been released yet.
"Age of Wulin," by California-based company Snail Games, has not even been released on mainland China but that isn't stopping some from spending serious cash on the game.
The game is a role-playing one that is set in ancient China and is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, or better known as MMORPGs.
The man is not alone in his purchases. A study released earlier in the year valued the virtual economy for MMORPGs is $3 billion.
Some people really love their gaming!
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Looks like I have to buy a virtual nuke and put a stop to this.
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Facepalm.. nerd much??? o.o
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