Nov 08 2009
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The Goods May Be Virtual, but the Profit Is Real - NYTimes.com
A business that have existed for quite a number of years seems to be more and more mainstream. Here is an NYT article about virtual goods.
It is interesting to think of virtual things as non-existant and with no real value, but in the article is ending with a interesting testimony which might highlight at least a couple of other values:
Some game fans claim that in some cases, virtual goods can be better than the real thing. Jamie Kwong, a 13-year-old in Altadena, Calif., spends hours a week on a “paper doll” site called Stardoll, buying dresses and handbags. She created Juillet606, with brown eyes and hair to match her own. Unlike the actual paper dolls she used to play with, the tabs do not rip off.
“With Stardoll it all stays on there, my brother can’t get on it, and everything is good,” she said.
