Uguquko lwemali ye-MMOG
Iimali zeMMOG zaziswa okokuqala kumdlalo odumileyo we-EverQuest (EQ) ngemali yazo ‘iplatinam’, ekwabizwa ngokuba yi ‘plat’. Ukusukela oko oovulindlela bokuqala bokuthengisa iiplati kwi-Ebay, uninzi luye lwaxambulisana kwaye lwagcwala kwabo bathe bathenga iiplati kwi-intanethi. Ndikhumbula abadlali abaninzi behlukumeza abanye ngamagama angcolileyo anje ngo ‘newb’ kunye ‘ebayer’. Sekudlule iminyaka emi-5 wonke umntu ephikisana nokuba intengiso yesibini yemali yokuthengisa iMMOG iyakwamkelwa.
Ukusukela oko kwaqaliswa EverQuest platinum , bekukho ngaphezulu kwama-70% wabadlali abangazukuvuma Nokuba ucinga ngokuthenga iiplats kwaye ucalucalulo kwabo benzayo. Ukusukela namhlanje, amanani ancitshisiwe ngokungaqhelekanga. Malunga ne-40% yabadlali ngoku bathenga iimali, i-30% isengayithandi imbono kwaye i-30% yabanye abadlali ayikhathali kakhulu kwaye inokuzithengela ezinye kwixa elizayo.
Nangona imali yemidlalo ekwi-intanethi iseyindlela entsha kwindawo yokudlala ekwi-Intanethi, iya ithandwa kakhulu ngokukhawuleza. Ekupheleni kuka-2010, ndiyakholelwa ukuba nabapapashi ngokwabo bayakuxhasa isiseko sentengiso yesibini. I-sony Online Entertainment (i-SOE) ngoku iqalile eyabo inkqubo ye-oksijen yegolide ye-EverQuest 2 kwaye icwangcisa ukuqala kweMMORPG entsha apho bezimisele ukuthengisa iimali kunye nezinto ngokwazo. Ngenkxaso yabo, ndiqinisekile ukuba intengiso yesibini iya kwamkelwa ngexesha elithile.
Imakethi yesibini iphumelele kuphela njengeprayimari. Ngokukhutshwa kweWorld Warcraft (WoW), ngoku bangaphezulu kwesigidi se-4.5 ababhalisile. Uninzi lwabadlali mhlawumbi lutsha kwihlabathi leMMORPG. Ukonyuka okukhulu kwababhalisi kuthetha ukuba kunokwenzeka ngakumbi kwintengiso yesibini. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, I-WoW yegolide yeyona ibisisithengiso eshushu sonyaka kwaye mhlawumbi eminye iminyaka embalwa ezantsi indlela. Ngemfuno enkulu, abadlali abaninzi baye baqala ikhondo lomsebenzi apho baqokelela khona imali, izinto kunye nezinye izinto ze-virutal kwaye bazithengise kubadlali okanye kwiivenkile ezinokubazithenga ngexabiso elipheleleyo kwaye bazithengise kwakhona kubantu.
Imakethi yesibini ngolunye usuku inokuba nkulu kuneyokuqala. Uninzi lwabadlali beqonga namhlanje banokuchitha ngaphezulu kuthengwa iimali, izinto kunye nezixhobo kunemali yabo yokubhaliselwa. Abapapashi ngokwabo abanakuyikhanyela into yokuba kunemali eninzi ekufuneka yenziwe kwimarike yesibini ukuba ixesha elininzi ndiqinisekile ukuba baya kuthengisa iiasethi zabo ngokwabo. Malunga nokuba abadlali bayakuyixhasa okanye hayi, ndiyakholelwa ukuba yinto nje yexesha ngaphambi kokwamkelwa, ewe, kuya kuhlala kukho abambalwa abangawuthandiyo umbono.