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On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, Rick wrote:
Eve is somewhat unique in that they actually support a certain kind of
in-game/real-world monetary conversion. You can buy a code good for from
30-90 days of play time instead of using your credit card. These can be
sold for X amount of in-game money using a special forum for
advertising, and a special method of transferal to maximize safety for
both the buyer and seller. Therefore, while the rate is probably
different today than it was when that article was published, a real
conversion rate can be calculated.
Currently, a 30 day GTC can be bought for roughly $14, and sold for 200
million, yielding a conversion rate of approximately $0.00000007/ISK or
$0.07/million ISK. Actually, to my mind anyway, not a bad conversion...
So, today, $30 billion Eve dollars is worth 150*$14 = $2,100 USD. Maybe
Eve exchange rates have changed a lot recently.
Anyway, that was very interesting. Thanks for all the information. I had
no idea about some of these issues -- like that some people make a living
building characters to be sold.
Mike
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