Wednesday, October 21, 2009

How Does A Virtual Currency Work?

By Barry Fleet

If you are not familiar with the whole concept of a virtual currency, then it might seem completely alien to you. However, a virtual currency is quite a simple concept really, and it works very similar to any real world currency.

It is something which is traded within a game or something very similar. Certain virtual reality simulations could be classified as games as well and also include virtual currency is an virtual and complex in game economies. There are many different examples of this.

For example, in the popular MMORPG, a World of Warcraft, the currency is simply called gold. This gold is gathered in the game through numerous methods. Examples include doing daily quests, killing monsters in the game that drop gold and many other things.

This virtual currency is earned within the game and use to buy certain things. However, the economy works rather differently to how it does in the real world and is indeed a lot simpler. Many games such as this have much the same sort of economy.

However, some people don't want to grind gold because for some people, doing this, the game becomes more of a chore and starting to seem more like a job when people are supposed to be playing it for fun. This is one of those common problems in these sorts of games.

Even games such as World of Warcraft, the gold is worth something in a sort of exchange rate with the United States dollar. You can buy this gold online if you don't want to be bothered getting it in the game for yourself. Although this is generally against the terms and conditions of most games like this, it is a popular and highly lucrative business which many people participating. For some, it makes these games a lot more bearable.

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