http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMS8K_Swu10
In class, we watched a video about Starcraft and South Korea. This is a BBC News Report on World of Warcraft and Chinese gold farmers that sell the gold to the UK. But they do not only sell them to the UK, they sell them to the United States, and I'm sure any other country where there is a market. Players already play around $15 a month to access the servers, and pay somewhere between $30 and $50, each, for the CD's to install the game, and its two expansions.Even with these costs already in place, people are willing to pay even more to get ahead.
I play WoW and see it alot. I also know people that have gotten banned for illegal gold trading and so forth. I find it really strange that while the Internet is strictly monitored in China, a game like WoW, which is very social and about working together, but also very capitalist, is allowed to prospect. My only guess is that it is allowed because it is a good source of income for the country and decent jobs that require little skill and little capital.
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