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Sony Online Entertainment : Station Cash (or Crap?)
Sony Online Entertainment : Station Cash (or Crap?)
Last week Sony Online Entertainment announced Station Cash, which was met with an uproar from the community. Station Cash is a new virtual currency program that gives players the option buy in-game items from their virtual wallet. This has been seen by many as a short sighted attempt to ...
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forums.station.sony.com — The initial response to Station Cash has been a success for SOE and we are looking forward... to new offerings for both EverQuest and EverQuest II in the not too distant future. In fact, the response has been so strong that game teams are adding new ... (more) What Would You Like to See Next?
SOE announces Station Cash a success
themmoexperience.blogspot.com — Apparently adding Micro-Transactions to EverQuest and EverQuest 2 was a smashing success for Sony Online Entertainment. How... much a success? Enough to start hiring a larger staff JUST for the Station Cash program. There is also talk of adding even more ... (more) SOE announces Station Cash a success
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Allakhazam editor rages at SOE Station Cash
Massively — ... forced upon all servers, rather than providing the option to choose switching to a server offering these transactions. There are also concerns over how the items, available only by microtransactions, change the dynamic of play in the games. We invite all of you, readers, to tell us what your... Allakhazam editor rages at SOE Station Cash originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.   Read | Permalink | Email this |  ...

An MMO Editor's Deeply Bizarre Rant
Wandering Goblin — ... the chat channels in the games you play, trying to get you to buy gold?  That's IGE.   So, yeah, it just struck us as a wee bit funny that the topmost editor over at Allkhazam, a website owned by IGE, is ranting against the fact that Sony is now introducing a bit of RMT into their own games.  Maybe people who live in gigantic glass houses, built entirely on illegal RMT transactions, shouldn't throw stones when other RMT schemes come along?  Just sayin' is all... [Tamat's Rant]

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