A quake in southern division of Taiwan on Tuesday night disrupted the life. The quake was measured 7.1 on Richter scale that badly damaged the underwater optic cable that caused a severe damage to the international phone lines and Internet connections in North East and Southeast Asia. The virtual world was at the aim of quake with bringing a massive loss to the virtual economy.
MMORPGs like WOW are the fundamental resources of the virtual economy that contributes utmost to the virtual economy. Gold Farming is the ploy that fetches a huge to the gold farmers in China and due to the disruption in the internet caused an ill delivery of gold and of course access problems.
The pillars of virtual world parks on the net and as per survey the internet usability is increasing very rapidly and has filed an increase of 12% in last one year with current 42% as compared to last year’s 30%. So the virtual interest is simultaneously going up giving a potent push to the virtual economy. The most amazing fact about the virtual economy is its growth rate that is so high that the analysts say that the virtual economy will soon deter the real world economy. Some of the policy makers are even trying to bring forth the legislation to talk the tax imposition on the virtual economy.
Via: slashdot
