I-MMOG Currency Revolution

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Izimali zeMMOG zaqala ukwethulwa kumdlalo odumile i-EverQuest (EQ) ngemali yazo ‘i-platinum’, eyaziwa nangokuthi ‘iplat’. Kusukela ngamaphayona okuqala okuthengisa izingqwembe ku-Ebay, abaningi baye baphikisana futhi bababaza labo abake bathenga izingosi online. Ngikhumbula abadlali abaningi behlukumeza abanye ngamagama angcolile njengokuthi ‘newb’ no ‘ebayer’. Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwengu-5 wonke umuntu ephikisana nokuthi imakethe yesibili yokuhweba ngemali ye-MMOG iyoke yamukelwe yini.

Kusukela kwethulwa i- I-EverQuest platinum , kungenzeka kube nabadlali abangaphezu kuka-70% ababengeke uze ucabange nokuthenga izingcwecwe futhi ubandlulule labo abakwenzile. Kusukela namuhla, izinombolo zehliswe ngokweqile. Cishe ama-40% wabadlali manje bathenga izimali, u-30% usengawuthandi umqondo futhi u-30% wabanye abadlali mhlawumbe akanandaba kakhulu futhi angazithenga kubo kungekudala.

Yize imali yemidlalo eku-inthanethi iseyinkambiso entsha emphakathini wokugembula waku-inthanethi, iya iduma ngezinga lokushesha kakhulu. Ekupheleni kuka-2010, ngikholwa ukuthi nabashicileli uqobo bazosekela isisekelo semakethe yesibili. AbakwaSony Online Entertainment (SOE) manje sebeqale uhlelo lwabo lwendali yegolide le-EverQuest 2 futhi bahlela ukuqala iMMORPG entsha lapho bahlose ukuthengisa khona imali nezinto ngokwabo. Ngosizo lwabo, ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi imakethe yesibili izokwamukelwa isikhathi esithile.

Imakethe yesibili iphumelela kuphela njengeyokuqala. Ngokukhishwa kweWorld of Warcraft (WoW), manje sebengaphezu kwababhalisile abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-4.5. Iningi lalabo badlali mhlawumbe lisha emhlabeni we-MMORPG. Ukwanda okukhulu kwababhalisile kusho amathuba amaningi emakethe yesibili. Kuze kube manje, i- I-WoW yegolide ibingumthengisi othengisa kakhulu wonyaka futhi mhlawumbe eminye iminyaka embalwa ezansi umgwaqo. Ngokufunwa okukhulu, abadlali abaningi baqale ngisho nomsebenzi wokuqoqa imali, izinto nezinye izimpahla ze-virutal bazithengise kubadlali noma ezitolo abangazithenga ngentengo ephelele bese bezithengisa kabusha kubantu ngabanye.

Imakethe yesibili ngelinye ilanga ingaze ibe nkulu kuneyokuqala. Abadlali abaningi banamuhla mhlawumbe basebenzisa imali ethe xaxa ukuthenga izimali, izinto nezinto zokusebenza kunemali yabo yokubhaliselwe. Abashicileli ngokwabo abakwazi nokuphika iqiniso lokuthi kunemali eningi okufanele yenziwe emakethe yesibili ukuthi esikhathini esiningi ngiqinisekile ukuthi bazobe bethengisa izimpahla zabo uqobo. Mayelana nokuthi abadlali bazoweseka noma cha, ngikholwa wukuthi yisikhathi nje ngaphambi kokwamukelwa, impela kuzohlala kukhona abambalwa abangawuthandi lo mbono.