I know how to pay off the Deficit to China

[The Mighty Gerbil]

I know how to pay off the deficit to China and it will cost us "virtually" nothing!

Man Spends $16,000 on Virtual Sword
Posted by: Rocco DeMaro | 01/09/2012 at 05:00pm

In the annals of extravagant virtual video game purchases, a Chinese man may have set a new bar.

He spent $16,000 on a virtual sword… for a game that’s not even out yet.

The game is called ‘Age of Wulin’. It’s a Chinese MMORPG from an outfit called Snail Games.

As absurd as spending $16,000 on a virtual anything might seem to the majority of us, the virtual economy on Planet Earth is a large one and it’s growing–a recent document puts a $3 billion valuation on it.

In addition to the $16,000 virtual sword, The Daily Mail in the U.K. reports two other virtual items were sold for ‘Age of Wulin’ with price points at $2,500 and $1,600.

The English version of Age of Wulin is expected to be headed stateside following the Chinese open beta this spring.

Hey China I have some TF2 crates for sale ^.^

 

[CCGR]

wow that's crazy!

 

[Lloren]

Sounds like a relatively inexpensive way to create marketing buzz for your game as well.

 

[GenghisKhan44]

And I thought spending $20 - $50 on a new game was extravagant.

Now I'm sure we've got to have more game developers' programs in our colleges.

 

[The Mighty Gerbil]

Sounds like a relatively inexpensive way to create marketing buzz for your game as well.

I was thinking about that too. More so I was thinking that a company could have an unknown associate spend a large amount of cash on their product. As long as you don't get caught it's free publicity with the money going right back to the company.

 

[Wolfeman]

If you do get caught, it's even more free publicity.

 

[Odale]

<Srsly face>

China doesn't want us to repay the debt because much of the money we get from them goes right back into their economy. No money from us = weak economy for them.

<Un-srsly face>

Was that man in the US or China when he bought his sword?