Thursday, February 1, 2007

Ebay bans virtual game sales?

Ebay has recently confirmed the decision to ban all sales of virtual game items (game money, items, leveling) A quote from Curse Gaming:

"Given that a significant slice of the multi-hundred-million-dollar business took place on eBay until now, the move portends a significant shift in who controls the market for virtual goods.

High ImpactWhat's new: eBay has confirmed that it will ban auctions for the sale of property from online games and virtual worlds--except Second Life.

Bottom line: Because eBay has dominated the auction market for real-money trades, there's little question that the winner in this latest circumstance, at least in the short term, will be third-party sites like Internet Gaming Entertainment." Read More...

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