With the recent news about a Chinese man spending a ridiculous $16,000 on a virtual sword for a game that's yet to release, Push Start Select takes a look at the growing trend of spending real money on virtual items, and how it can only lead to heart break for gamers.
Most of us usually don’t like to spend our money on expensive in-game items, especially if they are only cosmetic. But sometimes we can afford to splurge a little, although likely not as much as the people who bought the items on this list.
A quick warning: there have been many more expensive in-game items sold (like Planet Calypso in Entropia), but since they had actual use and provided players with an added experience, we won’t be counting them today.
Narayan at IGCritic writes "While at a glance it may seem as though all video games worth playing cost more than just the moths fluttering about the inside of your wallet, you just have to look a little harder to find those amazing free to play games."
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The world is getting rotten every day!So many people dead from lack of food to eat,and we see this kind of stupidities growing by the day!There are various places that welcome donations for the most needed..it feels very good to the soul!
Wow. Seriously. 16k? I wonder what kind of specials this sword will have?