The virtual world of game playing is becoming a little more
real now that people are buying and selling "property"
inside the virtual worlds. The BBC reports that a Project Entropia
player, who goes by the name Deathifier, has spent $26,500 to buy
an island in the massively multi-player online role-playing game
(MMORPGs). The buying and selling of online gaming characters, items and
property is growing on online auctions like eBay. For example,
a search on eBay.com for the keywords "Warcraft characters" brings up several characters being auctioned with prices in the $200 - $500
range. Deathifier actually sees his purchase as an investment.
He told the BBC that he expects to profit from his purchase of
the island, which contains a castle and beachfront property, by
selling plots to cyber inhabitants.
"This type of investment will definitely become a trend in
online gaming," Deathifier told the BBC.
