Deus Ex: MD, single player micro transactions, and ME:A

That's a very good post, and I suppose I hadn't have thought about it that way. No, that's not the type of game that I want, but with the average age of gamers getting older, some of those people are going to be aging into some jobs where that kind of gaming time is not an option.

I can remember somebody who used to play video games for a living and then used to sell his high level accounts to players who wanted them. Or, more specifically, they would tell him what they wanted on the character, and he would make it happen. These people were CFO's, CEO's, doctors, lawyers, etc.   In other words, they simply didn't have enough game time to make this stuff happen, but still wanted it.  And most importantly, had the cash to pay for it to happen.

It's the same thing. On one hand, you've got people paying people money to play games for them. On the other, you've got people paying money directly to the company simply cutting out the middleman.


EDIT :  Not specifically related, but there was a book that I cannot remember the name of right now.  It was something like How I Made A Million Dollars In Virtual Currency.  It's an excellent book, and can and will show you some of the shady undergrowth that has and will be affecting the gaming industry, as the CS:GO gambling scene has recently.