Interview With an MMOG Gold Seller

MMOG subscriptions are at an all-time high, and while that’s a great thing to the game developers, it’s an even better thing for those who are involved in Gold selling, or power-leveling for those games. It’s not often that we can listen to what these sellers have to say, but Slashdot was contacted by one company with a request to get questions that people wanted answered.

It’s an interested read, but nothing is there that we didn’t really expect. I disagree with most of it anyway, simple because I hate Gold selling and wish it never existed. Games would be more enjoyable and fair without it. But it’s not going away anytime soon, sadly. That’s just me and I’m sure I don’t speak for everyone.

Sparter does not buy or sell game items and we don’t have an in-game presence. As a result, we cannot know for sure how our sellers behave in the game. But if you believe as we do that the truly damaging behavior is exhibited by the spammers, bot farmers, hackers and dupers, then the more we migrate the market to a true gamer-to-gamer exchange, the harder it is for those folks to profit from their actions.

Source: Slashdot