CP Sale news articles (Dec 2009)

NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

In 2007, we wrote about a character World of Warcraft, which was sold for 10000. Recall that the buyer was unable to take advantage of acquisition, as Blizzard prohibits such transactions, but information leaked to the press. But even this deal pales in comparison to the value of the object bought in Entropia Universe. Crystal Palace Space Station acquired user Buzz Erik Lightyear for $ 330000.

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From: http://news.techlabs.by/17_65538.html

NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

Issued 330 000 dollars in the virtual

Playing in a MMORPG Entropia Universe Buzz "Erik Light year decided to spend the equivalent of 330 thousand U.S. dollars (almost one million zlotys) for virtual property in game, Space Station Crystal Palace.

Money in the game Entropia Universe have their real value, where 10 PED is worth one dollar. Players can deposit and withdraw money from the game after deducting the costs of transfer. Space station was the subject of virtual in-game auction, which ended a few days ago.

Since the station Crystal Palace selling items in the game world, Buzz will receive a percentage of each sale, so it is in some sense an investment.

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NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

In the history of the most expensive virtual transactions: 33 million to purchase land

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You are willing to an online games, but in reality does not exist in the real estate to pay how much? For the players "Buzz Erik Lightyear", this number as high as 33 million U.S. dollars.

This is an alarming figure, use the purchase of "Crystal Palace Space Station," one on the planet Calypso is located in the virtual land,

The transaction took place in a known "Entropia Universe" (world of Entropia) and online games in full operation in early 2003, the game of "real cash economy system" fame, the game currency at any time can be 10 to 1 ratio converted into U.S. dollars, but also precisely because of this, the game's virtual trading limit has been able to break the record.

However, the number of games rarely, with a total enrollment of 60 million people from top to bottom, whereas the real money players can earn very little.

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link: http://game.people.com.cn/GB/48644/48661/10700465.html

NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

Another non-translater :(

Nieuws: Man koopt $330,000 ruimtestation in MMO

Door Rene Groen op 04-01-2010 om 16:08 Bron: CVG Het Entropia Universe is er eentje die mij niet erg bekend was, tot vandaag. Wat blijkt namelijk: mensen zijn bereid grof geld uit te geven in dit MMO universum.
'Buzz Erik Lightyear' is in de MMO de gelukkige winnaar geworden van een veiling. Voor het luttele bedrag van 330,000 Amerikaanse dollars mag hij zich de eigenaar noemen van Crystal Palace Space Station.

In Entropia Universe kun je voor 1 Amerikaanse dollar 10 PEDs (Project Entropia dollars) kopen. Een simpele rekensom vertelt ons dus dat zijn eigen ruimtestation hem 3.300.000 PEDs gekost heeft. In een reactie laat hij weten:

quote: "I was really hoping to win this auction. I believe Crystal Palace can be amazing since it won't just be owned by some investor, but instead by a very active, and very old player who loves Entropia Universe."

Mensen die de beste man voor gek verklaren: eigenlijk was het een hele slimme zet. Een bekende van het spel laat weten dat hij zijn eigen belastingen kan voeren en dat hij zijn ruimteschip simpelweg interessant moet blijven houden voor diens bezoekers. Lukt hem dit, dan zullen mensen hun PED's aan hem uitgeven, welke hij op zijn beurt weer in kan ruilen voor Amerikaanse dollars
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Taken from: http://www.gamed.nl/view/70705

NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

Record for most expensive item in-game break

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News | January 4, 2010 - Paying for real money in MMOs is disputed by many gamers. Maybe not so much why we hear of Entropia Universe, The game where everything is paid for with real money. The in-game money, the Project Entropia Dollars (PED), it has a real monetary value. Ten PED are equal to one U.S. Dollar, making money so you can earn the game. Spending can also, if a man has an auction with a space on one of the planets purchased 3,300,000 for PED, which is equivalent to approximately 229,000 euro. This is the deal as the record for most expensive item in-game break.

The man known by the name Buzz Erik Light year will have the option to return all the money to earn. He is such taxes in its new space and charge for various services.
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From: http://www.insidegamer.nl/download/...cord-voor-duurste-in-game-item-verbroken.html

NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

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04/01/2010 by Stefan - Paying for real money in MMOs is disputed by many gamers. Maybe we therefore not much heard of Entropia Universe, the game where everything is paid for with real money. The in-game money, the Project Entropia Dollars (PED), it has a real monetary value. Ten PED are equal to one U.S. Dollar, making money so you can earn the game. Spending can also, if a man has an auction with a space on one of the planets purchased 3,300,000 for PED, which is equivalent to approximately 229,000 euro. This is the deal as the record for most expensive item in-game break.

The man known by the name Buzz Erik Light year will have the option to return all the money to earn. He is such taxes in its new space and charge for various services.
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From: http://freegamer.nl/news/nieuws-record-voor-duurste-game-item-verbroken

NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

Virtual Madness: Pixelated Space Station Sells for $300,000 in Hard Cash

BY Kit EatonMon Jan 4, 2010 at 8:23 AM

We always knew that the virtual economy of virtual goods in digital worlds was booming, and crossing ever more into the real economy, but who'd have thought a digital product would sell for nearly a third of a million real dollars?
In this case, we're talking about a Space Station--fully functioning, in a virtual sense, mind you--which adds a definite geek-chic sheen to the news, but it's still pretty staggering. What's gone on?
All the excitement is happening inside MindArk's Project Entropia virtual universe game. This system includes the Planet Calypso virtual world, and here is where the Crystal Palace space station hovers. It's been carefully built up to include thousands of intricate details, and recently went up for auction by Marcus Calendar the Estate Broker inside MindArk's system, for an opening price of 1 Project Entropia dollar. After a bidding war, the prize went to a player called Buzz Erik Lightyear, who forked over 3.3 million Project Entropia dollars for this piece of sci-fi virtual real estate.
So what? Well, when you learn that MindArk's player count totals over 800,000, that its virtual economy has been recognized by the Swedish government, and that 10 Project Entropia dollars can be exchanged for one real-life greenback bill, then this becomes significant. That means Buzz paid over $300,000 for a virtual product--something he'll never get his real hands on.
Buzz's reasons are unknown, but one thing that's very likely going on here is market speculation. In a complete parallel to the to-ings and fro-ings of the real economy, a carefully speculative purchase may result in some serious profits, should things work out well. Buzz may be expecting the Crystal Palace to thrive and become an even more desirable virtual property--which he could then sell at a real profit. There's even the possibility that the virtual economy is buffered against the kind of ups and downs that have plagued the world's economic systems for the last year or so, making Buzz's purchase doubly clever (although rampant "mudflation" might be a problem.)
More than this, though, the news is a potent reminder of one thing: Virtual Worlds are going to grow in importance as time passes, and their influence is increasingly going to be felt in our flesh-and-blood domain.
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From: http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit...ce-station-sells-300000-hard-cash?partner=rss

NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

Space Station Sold for $330,000

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Posted: January 4, 2010 06:45AM
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A space station was recently sold for $330,000, which sounds like a great deal. However, the Crystal Palace isn't a real space station. It is a virtual space station that is a part of the Project Entropia Universe. The station was purchased by Buzz Erik Lightyear, who won the station in an auction against other players. The Planet Calypso area of the game has apparently been generating a profit since 2004 and has over 800,000 users. Transactions between users in 2008 alone were $420 million, so perhaps it isn't so crazy that a virtual space station was worth so much.
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Taken from: http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/25985/

NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

Spending $330,000 On A Fake House Might Actually Be A Decent Investment

Nick Saint | Jan. 4, 2010, 10:51 AM | 532 |
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There's usually nothing crazy about spending $330,000 on a house.
Most buyers, however, insist that the house exist outside a video game.
Not Buzz "Erik" Lightyear, though.

Buzz recently spent $330,000 at an auction for the Crystal Palace, a space station in the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game Entropia Universe.

The craziest part: it might turn out to be a good investment.
Many MMORPGs have in game currencies that trade for real money on third-party exchanges like eBay, but with Entropia Universe, the real-world value of goods is a core part of the game. Currency in the game is actually pegged to the dollar, with 10 Project Entropia Dollars worth $1. Players can purchase in game currency, spend and earn it in the game, and cash back out into dollars. MindArk, the Sweden-based company behind the game, gives the product away, making all of its money from in-game transactions and commissions.

The Crystal Palace is thus a fairly serious investment; Lightyear will receive a commission on goods sold there as well as fees from players who go there to hunt (really). There are players who claim to have earned tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars in the game, and hundreds of millions pass through the economy every year.

So, in the Entropia Universe at least, owning land is a pretty good deal these days. The bad news? They can make more of it.
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Original here: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-virtual-real-estate-market-is-booming-2010-1

NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

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330 thousand U.S. dollars to buy virtual land record in the history of the game the most expensive virtual transactions

Core Tip:You are willing to an online games, but in reality does not exist in the real estate to pay how much? For the players "Buzz Erik Lightyear", this figure is 33 million. The player with this amazing digital, buying the "Crystal Palace Space Station," located in a virtual land on the planet Calypso.
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Recently, a player with 330 thousand U.S. dollars of this alarming figures, buying the "Crystal Palace Space Station," located in a virtual land on the planet Calypso.

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Spent the reality of online games in a lot of money to buy virtual items, but mostly for the purchase of gaming equipment to enhance the role of combat capability, but also beautify the game to buy the game the role of ornament, but you heard of the game to spend money to buy the land do?
You are willing to exist only in an online game, in reality there is no estate to pay how much? For the players "Buzz Erik Lightyear", this figure is 33 million. The player with this amazing digital, buying the "Crystal Palace Space Station," located in a virtual land on the planet Calypso.

This is the piece of land worth about 3.3 million U.S. dollars
The transaction took place in a known "Entropia Universe" (world of Entropia) and online games in full operation in early 2003, the game of "real cash economy system" fame, the game currency at any time can be 10 compared with a rate of conversion into U.S. dollars, but also precisely because of this, the game's virtual trading limit has been able to break the record.

However, the number of games rarely, with a total enrollment of 60 million people from top to bottom, whereas the real money players can earn very little.

　　766 Xiao Bian: 330 thousand U.S. dollars to do? In reality, how much you can buy a piece of land? I believe many people will see this news say it is incredible, but really it was to do so. For one game, the input is time some people, some people may put the money, but put the feelings of others.
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Taken from: http://news.766.com/yenei/2010-01-04/562528.shtml

NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

Player pays $ 330 thousand a virtual item and record breaking

Value was paid for the space station MMORPG 'Entropia Universe'.
Previous record of U.S. $ 100 thousand and also belongs to the game.

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Space Station virtual game 'Entropia Universe' was bought for $ 330 mil. (Foto: Divulgao)

A player of the MMORPG "Entropia Universe" paid about U.S. $ 330 mil for a virtual space station and set a new world record. The purchase of the space station Crystal Palace was the highest ever recorded in a video game.

The previous record of $ 100 thousand, also belongs to role-playing game and was broken in the purchase of another space station in September 2007.

According to the producer of the title, MindArk, the investment of the buyer, who uses the name of Buzz "Erik" Light year, can be reversed in a large sum of money if the space station experience is well managed. To make a profit, he must create a reasonable rental fee, to enter many tasks that other players can hang out and roll the proceeds into cash for use in the real world.

The simulation game "Entropia Universe", released in 2003, is similar to "Second Life". It is based on transactions for the purchase of items and allows players to earn real money from the sale of accessories or renting vehicles and virtual homes, for example. Currently, there are about 810 thousand active players in the game.
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Link: http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Games/...US+MIL+POR+ITEM+VIRTUAL+E+QUEBRA+RECORDE.html

NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

Space of 230,000 euros is expensive virtual object

In the online game "Entropia Universe" is the most expensive virtual item ever sold. It's the Crystal Palace Space Station Space Station, which gamer Buzz "Erik" Light year up to 230,000 euro had real money down.

The space station is a place in the game where players can go and hunt for items to buy or sell. The buyer can now raise taxes on everything that happens in the station. (sam)
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From: http://hln.be/hln/nl/4129/PC/articl...230-000-euro-is-duurste-virtueel-object.dhtml

NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

330 thousand U.S. dollars for a virtual object

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2010-01-04, last updated 2010-01-04 16:54

Professional Buzz "Erik Light year has 330 thousand U.S. dollars for the purchase of the space station in Entropia Universe MMO game

Entropia Universe

Trade items from the online game is becoming popular among. Typically, the amount earned by the players are not great, and can be fit within the limit of dollars, although some are thicker money transactions. One of them is made by Buzz and Erika Lightyera purchase a space station orbiting Crystal Paradise exists in the game Entropia Universe planet Calipso. Acquisition cost sky-high sum of 330 thousand U.S. dollars.

Interestingly, the space station, in fact, is not so unreasonable asset, as it might at first glance. Entropia Universe stands out because of the game amid the typical embedded in space with a layer of very extensive economic and unusual approach to the means of payment and the internal economic system of the game. Earned in the currency: Project Entropia Dolars (PED) is fully convertible to U.S. dollars (with $ 1 costs 10 PED). While the space station is a place where commercial transactions take place between the players, from which its owner may charge a small commission, just as they do auction site, such as Allegro. If the transaction would be enough to record the transaction has a chance to ask.
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Taken from: http://www.emetro.pl/emetro/1,82493,7418602,330_tysiecy_dolarow_za_wirtualny_przedmiot.html

NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

A player spends 330 000 dollars in an MMO

Published by Kevin the Monday, January 4, 2010
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He's sure he knows no crisis ".

While the economic crisis still haunts the minds of all, the Canadian player nicknamed "Buzz Erik Light year" clearly does not meet any financial problems. For Christmas, the firm has traded in a Ferrari against a new space station virtual MMO Entropia Universe. This game massively multiplayer online based on a model called "Real Cash", where participants invest and make money, true. "Buzz Erik Light year" has won his winnings in an auction for 330 000 dollars (228 900 euros)!

Incredible, but true. Then, excess of megalomania? Real investment? Hard to say. Especially when we know that that price, the firm could easily afford a nice little villa. The Canadian still hopes to return his purchase of the winning money through various resources of the Crystal Palace station. "I really wanted to win the auction. I think Crystal Palace has the potential to become a fabulous place, provided it does not fall into the hands of an investor, but rather an experienced player, very active and loves Entropia Universe said "Buzz Erik Light year."

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Taken from: http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/joueur-depense-300-000-dollars-mmo-actu-318380.html

NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

Virtual Space Station Sold For $330,000

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A recent article appearing on the BBC News predicted the virtual goods industry, already a $5 billion market in Asia, to reach similar heights in the U.S. within the next five years given the rise of social networking and a new type of casual online gamer. On the heels of that report, it perhaps comes as no surprise that a player in the outer space themed MMORPG Planet Calypso who goes by the name of Buzz Erik Lightyear, has purchased the Crystal Palace Space Station, a popular destination within the games universe, for the sum of $330,000 or 3.3 million in Project Entropia currency. Of course, the obvious question to ask, is why?

As in the real world, owners of real estate within the online universe can charge other players for hanging out within the virtual space, as well as set tax rates on any transactions taking place inside of the space stations digital walls. Though theres no mention of an anticipated return on investment, at a time when the buying and selling of physical property is a gamble at best, theres certainly riskier propositions out there than a virtual land grab, particularly when Planet Calypso can boast of more than 800,000 registered users.
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Taken from: http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/virtual-space-station-sold-for-330000.html

NotAdmin · Jan 4, 2010

Man Spends $330K On In-Game Space Station

By Phil Villarreal on January 4, 2010 10:00 AM 0 views

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A man has forked over $330,000 real dollars on a space station in the video game Planet Calypso.
The purchase isn't quite as stupid as it first appears because it's a potential revenue generator. Joystiq writes:

he paid 3.3 million "Project Entropia Dollars" for the virtual real estate, and those PED were purchased with real dollars -- 330k of them. What does he get for his money? The station is one of the nicer setups in the virtual universe, and since players pay PED to shop, hunt, and hang out there, "Erik" can set tax rates on the payments, and turn fake bucks back into real cash. We're not sure how much real cash (depends on where he sets the rates, and that will affect the place's popularity as well)"

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From: http://consumerist.com/2010/01/man-spends-330k-on-in-game-space-station.html

NotAdmin · Jan 5, 2010

Planet Calypso Virtual Space Station Sells For $330K

Over the holidays, MindArk announced that the Crystal Palace virtual space station in its Planet Calypso virtual world (part of the broader Entropia Universe virtual world) sold at auction to a player named Buzz Eric Lightyear for 3.3 million PED. Entropia's PED virtual currency converts directly into USD at a rate of 10 to 1, giving the purchase a real world value of $330,000. According to the World Records Academy, this makes the Crystal Palace set a new record for most expensive virtual item in the world.

The real-world conversion rate between PED and USD means that Buzz Eric Lightyear can probably use the Crystal Palace as a source of real income in the future. As the virtual location's owner, he'll have the right to tax players who use the station as a grounds for hunting animals or selling virtual items to other players. The PED he gains from taxing players using the Crystal Palace can then be easily converted into real world profits through Entropia Universe's official bank.

The auction for the Crystal Palace began on December 14th and concluded on December 38th. Buzz Eric Lightyear narrowly outbidded player Zachurm Deathifier Emegen, who bid 3.21 million PED for the Crystal Palace. Buzz Eric Lightyear has a reputation as one of Planet Calypso's premier players when it comes to crafting, so it is no surprise that he would want to invest a substantial sum in one of the game's most prime pieces of real estate.

Entropia Universe is not one of the largest online virtual worlds, claiming around 800,000 users. It seems to do an extraordinarily good job of attracting users with deep pockets, though. Both of the prior world records for most expensive virtual item were held by purchases made in Entropia Universe. The previous record holding item was Club Neverdie, which was purchased for 1 million PED ($100,000 USD).
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Linked from: http://www.virtualgoodsnews.com/201...irtual-space-station-sells-for-330k.html#more

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