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Title: BBC Report on Gold Farming Post by: Etro on August 23, 2008, 02:04:01 AM Just spotted this on the beeb this morning:
Gold farming and its $500 million dollar market (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7575902.stm) Title: Re: BBC Report on Gold Farming Post by: WindupAtheist on August 23, 2008, 02:51:39 AM Quote Already, he said, gold farming was comparable in size to India's outsourcing industry. (http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h94/JANIBABU/WTF.jpg) Title: Re: BBC Report on Gold Farming Post by: Venkman on August 24, 2008, 02:56:31 PM According to Manchester University anyway (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7575902.stm).
This is a report of the report. The second quote explains why. Short form: Quote Nearly 500,000 people in developing nations earn a wage making virtual goods in online games to sell to players, a study has found. ... The industry, about 80% based in China, employs about 400,000 people who earn £77 per month on average. But in a statement to make any Scientist cringe: Quote But, he said, the true size of the sector was hard to estimate - it could easily be twice as big. Heh. No idea how they "researched" this is if they basically concluded a number with a +/- of 100%. It's like a LoTRO-like "we have a million characters". But at least there's a number now. Title: Re: BBC Report on Gold Farming Post by: NowhereMan on August 24, 2008, 04:45:58 PM In fairness that may not be an error range but what they take to be an extremely conservative estimate, thus they might allow for a greater number but don't expect many less.
Title: Re: BBC Report on Gold Farming Post by: Trippy on August 24, 2008, 06:06:12 PM Dup, merging.
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