A nice article on BBC talks about the recent hyperinflation in Everquest and how it threatened to unbalance the game. Here's a bit:
Once a player created a large pile of cash they then sold it for real money on the many auction boards and marketplaces, such as PlayerAuctions, that have sprung up.
Recent estimates put the amount of platinum pieces available to buy on just one EverQuest server at more than 3million.
The exchange rate of game money to real money is not very good, 100,000 platinum pieces sells for about $350, but it was enough to tempt many people to try it. |