Video game guns worth Real-Deal Money

[turkeydance]

"Players have been paying for virtual goods in games like “Grand Theft Auto Online” and “World of Warcraft” for years,
but turning those items into nonfungible tokens would let gamers trade and resell them,
making them into potentially valuable assets."

read all about it:

Virtual Guns in Videogames Could Soon Be Worth Real Money

Game makers are increasingly selling virtual weapons, clothing and other gear as NFTs, a move that is pushing the trendy digital deeds into more households but also upsetting some players.

www.wsj.com

 

[clay_fv]

This has been a thing for years. Making them NFTs certainly adds another interesting twist to them though.

 

[gc70]

Things that players can sell among themselves rather than buying from the game companies seems like something the companies would want to prohibit.

 

[Sleazy P. Martini]

Gamers hate DLC, until it makes them feel superior.

 

[Mr. Bggs]

Years ago I had a friend tell me this would be a thing and I called him crazy. Joke is on me!

 

[Tucci454]

The video game makers would probably find a way to "tax" the sale of said virtual firearm so they get a cut every time it changes hands. ATF will establish a virtual FFL license.....

 

[Jmoser]

My son works for a major global gaming firm - billions upon billions spent in this market.
Bless him he found a way to a lucrative career working in something he loves.

At least virtual guns dont need 2000 lb safes to store them in . . .

 

[C-doodle]

Pretty much any game with reasonably rare items and a strong trade economy will end up with stuff selling for real money.

When I was in highschool I played Diablo 2 LOD and was pretty addicted to it. I ended up getting a bot that would farm items for me wile I was at school and I would huck the items on ebay.

I sold HEAPS of items individually for $3-5ish. Every now and then I would come home to something super rare that would go for like $30-50ish.

I made a couple hundred dollars a month doing it for a few years. And it was a game I enjoyed so it didn't feel like work. That was big money for me as a fifteen year old. It can still be done on some of the newer games bit as far as I can tell it's gotten a lot harder to get away with.