[MUD-Dev] Pay for Item MMOG : Entropia article on Slashdot

[John Robert Arras]

On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Justice Ocker wrote:

> I think this goes far beyond just purchasing items for the game.
> Mindark seems to think that people will have no problem using this
> format to interface with the Internet in general.  They are
> shooting for a mass market approach, even comparing themselves to
> Netscape!  Has this been attempted before or is it just all of the
> sci-fi novels I have read ;)?  This just doesn't seem to viable.

It's a viable business model. You convert money into data and back
into money for people. It's called being a bank. Or maybe a casino,
since you get to "play" with the things they give you in return for
your money.  It won't be viable if they treat this as a "game"
first, but if they treat it as a "bank" or a "casino" and take
things that seriously, then they might have a chance. I don't think
they're taking this aspect that seriously, so expect a spectacular
crash.

John


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