Comments on: Station Exchange Greeted As Liberators, Major Game Design Operations Have Ended http://ambernight.org/2007/02/07/station-exchange-greeted-as-liberators-major-game-design-operations-have-ended/ true confessions, incoherent rants, tyops Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:53:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ludosofía http://ambernight.org/2007/02/07/station-exchange-greeted-as-liberators-major-game-design-operations-have-ended/#comment-2044 Ludosofía Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:21:38 +0000 http://dev.ambernight.org/archives/2007/02/07/326#comment-2044 <strong>Sony y las transacciones de dinero&nbsp;real...</strong> Phil forja armaduras por dinero. Puede parecer una extraña profesión para un joven de 24 años que estudia ingeniería eléctrica en Ohio. Sin embargo, dentro de Everquest II, Patterson es bien conocido por su artesanía. Los jugadores le pagan fue... Sony y las transacciones de dinero&nbsp;real…

Phil forja armaduras por dinero. Puede parecer una extraña profesión para un joven de 24 años que estudia ingeniería eléctrica en Ohio.

Sin embargo, dentro de Everquest II, Patterson es bien conocido por su artesanía. Los jugadores le pagan fue…

]]> By: Heartless_ http://ambernight.org/2007/02/07/station-exchange-greeted-as-liberators-major-game-design-operations-have-ended/#comment-2043 Heartless_ Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:53:25 +0000 http://dev.ambernight.org/archives/2007/02/07/326#comment-2043 "It's about the economy, stupid." I read that and spit out my hot chocolate. You could have stopped there and the entry would have been perfect :P “It’s about the economy, stupid.”

I read that and spit out my hot chocolate. You could have stopped there and the entry would have been perfect :P

]]> By: Jpoku http://ambernight.org/2007/02/07/station-exchange-greeted-as-liberators-major-game-design-operations-have-ended/#comment-2042 Jpoku Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:48:25 +0000 http://dev.ambernight.org/archives/2007/02/07/326#comment-2042 I've been <i>rantus commenta</i> (;oD) all over the blogosphere so here in this safe place (lol, well mostly safe) i'll just say: Please let a benevolent alien gamer race come and perform a blanket mindwipe, and eliminate all thoughts of RMT from our puny human minds. I just had a horrible thought..... <a href="http://www.tribulationknights.com/" rel="nofollow">Religion</a> meets RMT: A new concept in internet tele-evangelism. "God really wants you to have your Flaming Sword of Justice, He just needs your credit card information first..." I’ve been rantus commenta (;oD) all over the blogosphere so here in this safe place (lol, well mostly safe) i’ll just say:

Please let a benevolent alien gamer race come and perform a blanket mindwipe, and eliminate all thoughts of RMT from our puny human minds.

I just had a horrible thought….. Religion meets RMT: A new concept in internet tele-evangelism.

“God really wants you to have your Flaming Sword of Justice, He just needs your credit card information first…”

]]> By: Amber http://ambernight.org/2007/02/07/station-exchange-greeted-as-liberators-major-game-design-operations-have-ended/#comment-2041 Amber Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:41:55 +0000 http://dev.ambernight.org/archives/2007/02/07/326#comment-2041 Well, <em>somebody </em>is off-message, which is unusual for Sony. Either Smed's claim that "we have seen a tangible reduction of RMT on our other servers" is wrong, or the claim in the white paper that "Station Exchange has had little if any effect on the popularity of trading EverQuest II goods through third party auction houses" is wrong. They both can't be right. I'm pretty sure it's Smed that's wrong. Back before Ebay started banning virtual game sales, you could actually buy gold for cheaper than it costs on Station Exchange. (I have a post around here with those numbers.) Well, somebody is off-message, which is unusual for Sony. Either Smed’s claim that “we have seen a tangible reduction of RMT on our other servers” is wrong, or the claim in the white paper that “Station Exchange has had little if any effect on the popularity of trading EverQuest II goods through third party auction houses” is wrong. They both can’t be right.

I’m pretty sure it’s Smed that’s wrong. Back before Ebay started banning virtual game sales, you could actually buy gold for cheaper than it costs on Station Exchange. (I have a post around here with those numbers.)

]]> By: Davian http://ambernight.org/2007/02/07/station-exchange-greeted-as-liberators-major-game-design-operations-have-ended/#comment-2040 Davian Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:19:57 +0000 http://dev.ambernight.org/archives/2007/02/07/326#comment-2040 Perhaps I'm not reading the whole quote, so I may be missing something. Or it may be different quotes that are being referred to. (Can't go do it now, at work.) But from reading at Zen of Design, it sounded like Smed was actually talking about how it had reduced Customer Service calls related to RMT, not actual RMT activity. Perhaps I’m not reading the whole quote, so I may be missing something. Or it may be different quotes that are being referred to. (Can’t go do it now, at work.)

But from reading at Zen of Design, it sounded like Smed was actually talking about how it had reduced Customer Service calls related to RMT, not actual RMT activity.

]]> By: Gasp! SOE Made Lots of Monies on Station Exchange | Ding! Grats!? http://ambernight.org/2007/02/07/station-exchange-greeted-as-liberators-major-game-design-operations-have-ended/#comment-2039 Gasp! SOE Made Lots of Monies on Station Exchange | Ding! Grats!? Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:52:00 +0000 http://dev.ambernight.org/archives/2007/02/07/326#comment-2039 [...] Michael Zenke over at MMOGnation was the first I saw with the news.  Raph has the link to the full downloadable whitepaper with all the details, and Gamasutra has a full Q and A with Smed.  The thing that kinda scares me, is what Amber brings up.  Are Publishers going to use the success of Station Exchange as an excuse to make parts of games more boring, or grindy in order to extract even more from customers?  Are Designers going to use the ability to sell &#8220;shortcuts&#8221; to players as an excuse to be lazy with their own designs?  I sincerely hope not. [...] [...] Michael Zenke over at MMOGnation was the first I saw with the news.  Raph has the link to the full downloadable whitepaper with all the details, and Gamasutra has a full Q and A with Smed.  The thing that kinda scares me, is what Amber brings up.  Are Publishers going to use the success of Station Exchange as an excuse to make parts of games more boring, or grindy in order to extract even more from customers?  Are Designers going to use the ability to sell &#8220;shortcuts&#8221; to players as an excuse to be lazy with their own designs?  I sincerely hope not. [...]

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