Man Spends $1.4 Million On Game Character, Which His Friend Accidentally Sold For Only $552

Kotaku's Brian Ashcraft reports: Whoops! According to South China Morning Post, a man in China spent an eye-watering $1.4 million on his character in MMORPG Justice Online. His buddy accidentally sold said character for a mere $552. The man filed a lawsuit against game company NetEase and his friend. Well, former friend, I guess.

[UltraNova]

1,4 million on one character....ehm does this guy have more characters???

Well, I would say it serves him right but it doesn't even begin covering it, doesn't it?

[KickSpinFilter]

I know what the guy doesn't have... a life.
What a loser.

[S2Killinit]

If he had 1.4 million, pretty sure he does have things to do.

On another note, how does one spend that much on a character?

[Christopher]

Because he has a lot of money, he's a loser and obviously doesn't spend money on other things outside of gaming and he totally spends money and all his time in a video game and didn't use money to make up for his inability to spend as much time as others in the video game.

[KickSpinFilter]

Having a lot a money is not an issue, spending that much on let's say a golden Gaming PC RIG or car or house or whatever...knock your self out. To spend that much money on a character made out of 0's &1's is utterly ridiculous If he makes 20k a year or is a billionaire. If I was a billionaire would I drop 2.1 Million on a McLaren F1 yes I would, I'd still do it if I was a million or mid 6 figure salary. But for a digital character?!?! No just No. Loser

[SephirothX21]

Well he's clearly rich so so somehow. At least the proccesses that have gone into creating digital assets are mildly damaging to the environment compared relative to the manufacturing of a vehicle, which some folks in the comments section would rather have spent the money on.

[babadivad]

He's got 1.5 million to throw away on a video game. I'd say he's doing pretty well for himself.

[andibandit]

If I was a billionaire and could buy back those 3-400 days "played" in World of Warcraft, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

[Lighter9]

The word "man" is used loosely here.

[nucky64]

true. i'm sure it's some idiot living off the family fortune - there is no shortage of these types all over the world.

[Lightbullz]

Tbh he is probably wealthy because of bitcoin or something like that. Although if he was intelligent enough to be aware of cryptocurrencies, I doubt he would had put his money on shit like this. Either way, fool and his money are soon departed.

[jpi]

Best comment today so far

[KickSpinFilter]

So is the word "human"

[Christopher]

Lots of stone throwing going on today it seems.

[Christopher]

Gamers: It's your money, spend it on what you want and how you like.

Also gamers: OMG, what a loser, he spent money how he wanted and liked.

[Gazondaily]

Yeah funny that. These guys would most likely give away their kidneys for the money the guy spent in-game but somehow that man is a loser or isnt a man...

[gangsta_red]

I think people are also missing the fact this guy could drop a mill plus on just a character in a vidya game...that tells me this guy could be ballin out of control in real life and spending that amount of money doesn't mean much to him.

[Inzo]

Gamers? you are using a very broad brush dont you think? To spend that amount of money in a game is idiocy. I personally appose any form of MTs cosmetic or otherwise.

[Pricey]

This seems somewhat unbelievable. The fact that its a kotaku article isn't helping either

[ChrisW]

The fact that some humans are capable of such stupidity and wastefulness doesn't help either

[gangsta_red]

Only one way to solve that problem between friends....murder!

[2pacalypsenow]

an ol fashion pistoleer duel should do the trick.

[KillZallthebeast]

a guy who spent 1.4 million dollars on a single game character probably doesn't have the strength to hold a pistol

[KillZallthebeast]

Was mostly joking, but guns are heavy, especially dual pistols on gunpowder.

[ChrisW]

Suicide... If only stupidly rich idiots would do such more often

[kayoss]

a fool and his money are soon parted.

[battletrax]

good proverb

[bangoskank]

People could turn their lives around with that kind of money and this guy could just throw it away on an MMO character...

[KickSpinFilter]

That could have paid my mortgage 4 times over

[UltraNova]

This really opens the discussion on MT regulation. I m not saying governments should intervene (we know how that will.go) but something has to be clearly done when it comed to MT spending.

[OzzY-waZZy]

Ah, a feel good story.

[Pancit_Canton]

A rich chinese guy supporting the gaming industry. It's his money, he can do whatever he wants with it. His lost is another man's gain

[PlayableGamez-]

Bro, how do you spend 1.4 million dollars on one video game?
I don't even think I have spent 10,000 dollars on video games yet in my whole entire lifetime.

[Cobra951]

He's not supporting the game industry. He's one the top idiots helping to corrupt it.

[UltraNova]

Couldn't say it better myself.

[2pacalypsenow]

lol

[fatbastard11]

It’s kinda crazy how micros transaction addiction is a legit disease that is legally exploited.

[jaymacx]

Yeah I categorize micro transactions with gambling. If taken too far it can be a serious sickness of your mind. Some of these people neglect children , don’t bathe/shower, take a second mortgage on their home, and even steal from loved ones because of this.
I tried playing a free to play game and I really wanted to get passed a certain part but you have to pay for that bonus. I saw how easily one can get sucked in to this . That’s why I leave it alone now.

[NiteX]

Dude could have spent that much money on actually making a game.... Spending so much on a single character is just insane.

[nowitzki2004]

He could made his own Marvel superhero

[Germaximus]

LOL ouch

[CptDville]

Does anyone else feels none of this makes sense? Someone borrowed a 1.4M USD account, tried to sell It for 55k usd, sells it for 500 USD and the Guy who bought it get 12k idemnification (most likely he knew that was wrong). WTH is going on?

[Fist4achin]

Derrrr... to the friend.

[Dixiedevil]

Wow! That’s what you call, letalded.

[medman]

1.4 mil.....man, I don't understand people. I don't want to bash the guy, as people spend far more on a car they want, art, jewelry, homes, etc. etc., but man....and then to let someone have access and be able to sell what you bought? You kind of deserve it. Glad he got the character back, but he is out of pocket for over 12 g in restitution plus court costs. I guess when you're spending over a mil on one character in a video game, you're not going to sweat the court costs.

[Jon_Targaryen]

Fake news I say.

[SegaGamer]

Yeah, if it's true, it's possible the most absurd gaming news story I have ever read.

[mastershredder]

He and most MMORPG fans deserve this type of grief.

[quenomamen]

PT Barnum was right, one born every minute

[KwietStorm_BLM]

hahaha

[XxINFERNUSxX]

$1.4 Million is just plain pathetic to spend on a character.

[SegaGamer]

$1.4 million on one character, for one game.......absolutely mental.

I doubt I will even spend 1% of that on my entire collection of games throughout my entire life.

[MrVux000]

How does one even spend that much on a single video game?

[zodiac909]

Dumbass ppl like these are why microtransactions are kept around in this industry.

[Traingamez]

If you still haven't figured out money is fake hopefully this helps you out of the matrix.

For comparison sake, know that people spend this in a night on some girls and some blow...

Money is a game, you gotta play, it isn't fair, and there aren't really any rules about how you get it, if you get a lot the world will love you regardless

This is empty love

The best things in life truly are free

[Godmars290]

Holy this is why we can't have good things Batman!

[TheGamez100]

Lol damn. Only in China....

[Orionsangel]

I can barely afford my rent and hold down two jobs. This guy threw money away like they were coupons. I could have used just a little.

[DafunkyRebel]

“Just one more commie dollar on the MT store and my character will be strong enough” he said

[PCgamer98]

One thing I've learned from playing mmorpgs is never to spend so much on it especially the non popular ones because most mmo's never really last long and before you know it's already going to be shut down.

[TheEroica]

Stories that make me embarrassed to game.

[ScootaKuH]

I can think of better things to spend such a large amount of money on and games aren't one of them.

Also, I just think the whole story smacks of fakery

[gold_drake]

fuuuck. 1.4 mio.
id be sooo chilling out right now, with that kind of money.

[windblowsagain]

Good. Nobody should have that kind of money to spend on something so petty.

[Mithan]

People starving to death on the planet this idiot spending this amount of money

[ifrit_caress]

$1.4 million, to ever give that much money to someone/something that don't care about you, damn.

On another note: That player must be an Earth size whale. At least the player got most of his/her money back.