Fires of Heaven Guild Message Board - View Single Post - Sony About to Drop a Bombshell? *Maestro, Music Please*

Furor Planedefiler · 01-08-2004, 12:55 PM

Cue the intro to Swordfish.

Alright boys and girls, it's time for a little theorizing and speculation.

Yantis and IGE are both in a fierce bidding war for Class specific sites. Why? Better question. Why now?

I'll tell you why.

SPECULATION: Sony in the near future is going to announce news of Character/AA/Item Sales.

Now, seeing as how suddenly both Yantis and IGE are offering 5 figures+ for these sites and based on the information that aftermarket item/character sales are HUGE business (IGE speculates that it will be a 1 Billion Dollar+ industry within the next 5 years - this is the entire MMORG market mind you), WHY ELSE would this be happening now? As soon as Sony legitimizes this enterprise, both of these companies will also be legitmized. Thus, he who has the most ad space is the big winner!

Why would Sony do this? Better question, WHY NOT? Is anybody surprised? Really? Other games already do this in one fashion or another, why should Sony be missing out on a cut of this fat pie? These are, afterall, their pixels being traded/sold.

Now, please SAVE the righteous indignation. I'm sure you're all appalled.

Anyone have any information? Any Sony reps care to comment? *snicker*

Cue the song from the Crying Game

On the other hand, maybe I'm just crazy!?

01-08-2004, 12:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Furor Planedefiler A Relic Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,227 +15 Internets	Sony About to Drop a Bombshell? Maestro, Music Please Cue the intro to Swordfish. Alright boys and girls, it's time for a little theorizing and speculation. Yantis and IGE are both in a fierce bidding war for Class specific sites. Why? Better question. Why now? I'll tell you why. SPECULATION: Sony in the near future is going to announce news of Character/AA/Item Sales. Now, seeing as how suddenly both Yantis and IGE are offering 5 figures+ for these sites and based on the information that aftermarket item/character sales are HUGE business (IGE speculates that it will be a 1 Billion Dollar+ industry within the next 5 years - this is the entire MMORG market mind you), WHY ELSE would this be happening now? As soon as Sony legitimizes this enterprise, both of these companies will also be legitmized. Thus, he who has the most ad space is the big winner! Why would Sony do this? Better question, WHY NOT? Is anybody surprised? Really? Other games already do this in one fashion or another, why should Sony be missing out on a cut of this fat pie? These are, afterall, their pixels being traded/sold. Now, please SAVE the righteous indignation. I'm sure you're all appalled. Anyone have any information? Any Sony reps care to comment? snicker Cue the song from the Crying Game On the other hand, maybe I'm just crazy!?