[MUD-Dev] Are eBay sales more than just a fad?

[Matthew Mihaly]

On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Taylor wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Dave Rickey wrote:
> 
> >     But why (from an executive's viewpoint) settle for making $15 on the
> > player-to-player sale of a $150 UberWeapon, when you could sell the same
> > thing outright and take the whole $150 as pure profit?
> > 
> >     That's why I say it's like being a "little bit pregnant".  The game that
> > takes the first step makes higher profits than the one that doesn't.  The
> > game that takes the second makes yet higher profits.  Higher profit margins,
> > more money you can get the execs to kick loose on marketing, more marketing
> > means higher player numbers.
> 
> Games are a form of escapism. Why would players embrace a system where the
> people who were rich in the game were the same people who were rich in
> real life? I want worlds where the 45 year old executive is on the same
> economic footing as the 14 year old student. That's what makes it
> interesting.

*Shrug* Players do. That's all that matters. 
--matt




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