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November 11, 2005Nothing Virtual About 100 Grand
Rob Hof
Some guy just spent $100,000 to buy a virtual space station in the online game Project Entropia. I know buying land and other stuff in virtual worlds like Second Life is common. What amazes me even more than the breathtaking price is that Jon Jacobs hopes to net $20,000 a month by converting the space station into a sort of Jurassic Park resort would pay him for the chance to kill virtual monsters. And that he thinks this will produce better returns than investing in the red-hot Miami real estate market.
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Recently, I read article about the virtual property in Wharton's newsletter and did some research..We should read this story in the backdrop of a fact that spending more than 50 hrs in virtual space is not unheard (well, just add a few hours and that will be equal to what I spend in my house)
Also, we should compare this virtual property more with the Car rather than house..The way expensive and fast cars make you stand out on the road and pump up your ego in front of totally strangers..The same effect is there when you have special advantage in the virtual community..so if we dream about buying Ferrari then we should not be surprised by these folks who are paying big bucks for these virtual properties..
Posted by: getvendors at November 14, 2005 07:55 PM
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