Man makes record $335,000 in Entropia Universe virtual real estate deal

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By Chris Richardson, CSMonitor.com / November 13, 2010

New York
While real estate prices are down across America, there is one place that's booming. Just don't count on the bank giving you a mortgage for these properties. They are completely fictional.


Jacobs, known online as Neverdie, sold part of his land this week for $5,000 more than the previous online property sale record of $330,000. Both records were set by Entropia Universe users.

Entropia Universe is an MMO that has an actual working economy based on real money. The game uses its own currency, but pegs it to the dollar. Players must buy into the game using dollars, and then all their purchases and sales are made with the game currency which has a real value.

Jacobs sold most of his virtual asteroid property at the same time. Including other smaller sales, his grand total was a whopping $635,000 according to Entropiaplanets.com.


http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2010/1113/Man-makes-record-335-000-in-Entropia-Universe-virtual-real-estate-deal

How strange is that?

[xchrom]

1. bubble!!! nt

[Skidmore]

2. Now that is a fool.

PT Barnum was right.