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  • TripletDaddy
    sweet triple
    • Nov 2008
    • 58186
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    Fess Up: Real Money on Virtual Goods

    Interesting short piece in today's LA Times. Apparently, the ave person spent $30 last year on virtual goods.....swords, power, food, outfits, etc...at various websites ranging from MMORPGs, sims, and child-themed sites that focus on taking care of virtual pets.

    Real money spent on virtual goods
    http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/07/real-money-spent-on-virtual-goods.html
    This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links.


    Has anyone here spent money on such virtual goods? Do your children? Do they have a limit as to how much money or time they can spend on these sites?

    The MMORPG world is particularly fascinating, as I have read accounts of people selling "points" or gold or food or whatever on sites such as eBay.

    I pay for my annual x-box live account. I think it is around $30 or so? That is about as close as I get. My children are too young to be aware of online gaming sites.
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    • Jarid in Cedar
      CS Institutional Memory
      • Jun 2009
      • 13234
      #2
      Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
      Interesting short piece in today's LA Times. Apparently, the ave person spent $30 last year on virtual goods.....swords, power, food, outfits, etc...at various websites ranging from MMORPGs, sims, and child-themed sites that focus on taking care of virtual pets.

      Real money spent on virtual goods
      http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/07/real-money-spent-on-virtual-goods.html
      This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links.


      Has anyone here spent money on such virtual goods? Do your children? Do they have a limit as to how much money or time they can spend on these sites?

      The MMORPG world is particularly fascinating, as I have read accounts of people selling "points" or gold or food or whatever on sites such as eBay.

      I pay for my annual x-box live account. I think it is around $30 or so? That is about as close as I get. My children are too young to be aware of online gaming sites.
      Does paying for new songs to play on Rockband count?
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        • Mormon Red Death
          BYU Delenda Est
          • Nov 2008
          • 8077
          #3
          I spent $10 on the call of duty world at war Nazi Zombie expansion pack
          "Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum

          "And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam Carolla

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            • Solon
              Lost in the flood
              • Nov 2008
              • 5747
              #4
              Originally posted by Mormon Red Death View Post
              I spent $10 on the call of duty world at war Nazi Zombie expansion pack
              What about porn? Are those virtual goods?

              (I would never pay for porn, btw)
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                • TripletDaddy
                  sweet triple
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 58186
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Jarid in Cedar View Post
                  Does paying for new songs to play on Rockband count?
                  I don't know. This strikes me as buying a new game.

                  I think a better analog would be if you were to spend $10 to buy an outfit for one of your characters on Rock Band.

                  Come to think of it, I have purchased the new games for Fallout 3 on xbox live. I think there have been 3 of them. I have never purchased an outfit for any character on Fallout 3.
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                    • Mormon Red Death
                      BYU Delenda Est
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 8077
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Solon View Post
                      What about porn? Are those virtual goods?
                      no they are virtual GREATS!
                      "Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum

                      "And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam Carolla

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                        • foofcoug
                          Non-Member
                          • Jul 2009
                          • 81
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Solon View Post
                          What about porn? Are those virtual goods?

                          (I would never pay for porn, btw)
                          Why pay when there is so much out there for free?
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                            • cougjunkie
                              *Banned*
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 23223
                              #8
                              I have a friend that spent $400 on gold for World of Warcraft.
                              *Banned*

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                                • Katy Lied
                                  Senior Member
                                  • Dec 2008
                                  • 9435
                                  #9
                                  Year before last I ummmmmm... spent money on virtual clothes.

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                                    • HuskyFreeNorthwest
                                      Time to camp
                                      • Nov 2008
                                      • 26082
                                      #10
                                      I donated money to CUF, so that I can have virtual friends. Worth every penny.
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                                        • landpoke
                                          Never once baby snatched
                                          • Nov 2008
                                          • 4183
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Solon View Post
                                          What about porn? Are those virtual goods?

                                          (I would never pay for porn, btw)
                                          Nor should you. The samples, along with a little imagination, are more than ample.
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                                            • Solon
                                              Lost in the flood
                                              • Nov 2008
                                              • 5747
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by foofcoug View Post
                                              Why pay when there is so much out there for free?
                                              Exactly. I wasn't trying to sound "righteous." Just thrifty.
                                              "More crazy people to Provo go than to any other town in the state."
                                              -- Iron County Record. 23 August, 1912. (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...23/ed-1/seq-4/)

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                                                • UtahDan
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                                                  • Nov 2008
                                                  • 14496
                                                  #13
                                                  During my year of Warcraft addiction I thought about buying gold once or twice because of the time you have to invest in getting it yourself, but I never actually did it. I've said before, that game is like crack. I still dream about it from time to time and think about how I would like to start it up again. Not going to though.

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                                                    • SCcoug
                                                      Senior Member
                                                      • Nov 2008
                                                      • 7625
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by UtahDan View Post
                                                      During my year of Warcraft addiction I thought about buying gold once or twice because of the time you have to invest in getting it yourself, but I never actually did it. I've said before, that game is like crack. I still dream about it from time to time and think about how I would like to start it up again. Not going to though.
                                                      Looks like the psychiatric world is rising to the challenge of treating gaming addiction.

                                                      http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...-Warcraft.html

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