It has been just over a month since Sony launched its Station
Exchange, which allows EverQuest II players on specified servers a chance to sell their items and characters with
Sony's consent (and a few fees so that they can skim a little bit off the top). Many were outraged that Sony would
actually endorse item auctioning, but how fares the system? Pretty well for Sony, at least. In just the time that
Station Exchange has been open, over $180,000 in virtual property has been traded. Wow. Furthermore, the average user
spent $70 on the auction, which seems quite a bit on the ridiculous side to me. I bet Sony is happy, though: any
multiplayer online game they publish from now on will feature an online auction of some sort.
Chris Kramer of Sony Online Entertainment says he sees the Station Exchange as a way to "purify" non-auction servers
with people who really want to play the game in the traditional sense (i.e. not as a job). Of the EverQuest II players
who read this, how do you feel Station Exchange has changed the game?
Reader Comments (2)
Posted: Dec 18th 2005 10:08PM (Unverified) said
Sony's Station Exchange was a wonderful idea and is perfect considering the problems they were hving with people selling items/money/characters illegally anyway. If they hadn't done this then it would have continued to happen as an underground scheme.
Posted: Dec 18th 2005 10:08PM (Unverified) said
Congratulations SOE, You have successfully whored your own self out. Buying items, currency and account in an on-line game is basically cheating and those too poor or have higher code of ethics will not take part in.
SOE /golfclap - question is what are you going to do for little old me?
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion.cfm/load/forums/loadforum/320/loadthread/45841/setstart/1/loadclass/103
Since SOE is a brick wall , I will have to have the court decide. Love that Jestor! SOE Does not!
SOE /golfclap - question is what are you going to do for little old me?
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion.cfm/load/forums/loadforum/320/loadthread/45841/setstart/1/loadclass/103
Since SOE is a brick wall , I will have to have the court decide. Love that Jestor! SOE Does not!
