EVE Online's Space Economy Currently Worth $18 Million 88
DavidGilbert99 writes: "According to Eyjólfur Guðmundsson, the lead economist of CCP Games, developer of EVE Online, the total amount of ISK (InterStellar Kredits) in the system at the moment is 600 trillion, which equates to about $18 million in real world money — and the economist believes we could learn a lot from how the economy works in the game. There was a massive battle within the game earlier this year, which CCP estimated destroyed between $300,000 and $330,000 worth of game materials. Guðmundsson said, 'In economics there is a big difference between consumption and loss. In EVE, the war is the consumption of the economy. Even though they are giving money away they are not losing value, they are gaining something instead. People were willing to spend that money [in the Battle of B-R5RB] to get this thrill of participating in this battle.'"
Thrill over the idea at least (Score:4, Insightful)
People were willing to spend that money [in the Battle of B-R5RB] to get this thrill of participating in this battle.'"
Well the thrill of the "idea" of participating. The actual battle wasn't much to look at or be a part of.
Re:Thrill over the idea at least (Score:5, Insightful)
Any battle where supercaps explode is a thrill. death2allsupercaps
See "explode" conjures images of force violent and sudden -- when it happens in agnonizing slo-motion time dilation with high latency and framerates in the single digits the "explosion"...like the participation itself are more abstract ideas than visceral.
Re:Thrill over the idea at least (Score:5, Insightful)
(Time dilation is WAAAAAAAY better than what existed (didn't exist?) previously, by the way.)
Just as much as wiping your ass with your hand is waaaaaay better than not wiping it at all.
Incurable optimists would say it's an improvement, realists would say it's still shitty (even literally, in my example above).
Disclaimer: I play EVE Online.