I just blogged about ideavations and I thought I would rant about my most recent ideavation. It happens to fall under the massive multiplayer online game (MMOG) genre of a game. Other than Diablo 2, Counter Strike and Freelancer, which aren’t considered MMOG’s, I have really no experience with them other than what I’ve read on some blogs. However they seem to be quite successful.
What I like best about MMOG’s is the ability to create a world online that could be about anything, including bunny rabbits! (Two days ago was Easter and I still have “wascally wabbits” on my brain) There could be multitudes of activities to keep players coming back and if the MMOG is developed with enough extensibility it could easily be upgraded and added to, to keeping the players coming back for more. Virtual economies could be made where the game has its own monetary systems allowing players to buy, sell, and trade. The virtual economy could then touch the physical economy to allow some players to get ahead or purchase rare items using real money on top of paying a subscription fee to play.
This gray area or blur of virtual economies overlapping real life economies could be the start of something huge and is the beginning of a new area of where and how to do business.
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