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In 1997 I co-founded COGBOX in with Michelle DeCol. Since then we've offered online marketing, web development and corporate and brand identity to a wide range of clients. Here I post thoughts and comments on search marketing, recent projects, and other things I find interesting.

Sony Takes Auctions of In-Game Content Out of the Closet

Published Wednesday, April 20, 2005 by chris | E-mail this post

Sony just announced that they are creating an auction system for gamers looking to buy and sell in-game content for their Everquest series. This is a huge shift from a position where buying and selling in-game content has operated at odds with a game's user agreement.

Here is the article on Yahoo!

The interesting thing is, this could lead to a whole new professional class--professional gamer--where you play purely to acquire items for later auction. All the more reason to devote even more time to my World of WarCrack (I mean WarCraft) addiction.

2 Responses to “Sony Takes Auctions of In-Game Content Out of the Closet”

Kacy on 12:02 AM

One cannot help but wonder if this shift will open up a niche in the market for cell phones shaped like kachinas.
chris on 9:27 PM

Actually, I think that niche has already been filled successfully. I believe your audio-transvestite cb trucker type was the first to come up with the idea.