In Ward’s (2008) article, “How Cash can Change Online Games,” the author explains that trading the cyber money with the real money has become the hot issue. First, some of sellers who make the gold, which is the cyber money, sell to poor gamers who do not have enough items to get their goals in their game. Next, the author shows us that it can affect the surroundings of the game to spoil playing the game for other players in the same way spam messages, camping that monopolize the good place to make more the cyber gold and fraud spoil other plays’ playing in cyber space. Then some producers who invented a company to sell the cyber money with the real money said that it cannot give bad effects in the game. Moreover, it is just many players who made that the cyber money market like an auction, so there are not any differences between the real and cyber worlds. However, he states that money companies, which sell gold, cooperate with gamers who want to buy the cyber money with real money, even though the majority of players do not want to be involved with them.
Cyberspace and the real world are merging into as the same world. Some gamers used to buy the cyber money with the real money because they wanted more power and position in their game. So, there are several bad effects of selling the cyber money to players.
First, trading cyber money with real money can spoil the game’s surroundings for many gamers. Most people who like playing games want to make stress go away while playing. However, many gold sellers spoiled the game surrounding because they have to make more of the cyber money to get more of the real money. For example, farmers who make cyber money usually make a monopoly of places, which can be the best places to make more gold. It can make many players get more stress when playing the game.
Second, people are exposed to bad sellers can make a trick to get big money easily. Many people think that the cyber money is not real, but for some gamers it can be more meaningful than real money. Some players want to be a more powerful and strong character because many players have similar goals in the game world. So, if they do not have enough of the cyber money, they can buy the cyber money with real money. However, in this process, sellers can make fraud to make more profits, so many victims just try to trust them, and even calling the police to solve the fraud is not helpful for players, because it is not the real world’s money.
Last, trading the cyber money with real money can spoil the economic market. Nowadays, many companies try to jump into the cyber money business because some companies made a tremendous amount of money with that. It does not require a special place to work, and it does not need to pay lots of taxes for earning, because it is not real trade. For example, someone bought the cyber money with the real money. One side could get real money but the other side may get cyber money. It means that players just gave money to the company to get some images. Therefore, the company might not have to pay taxes for that.
In conclusion, trading the cyber money with the real money can make dangerous problems for economy and gamers. As our society is changing, many ways of making money are increasing. Some players want to buy cyber money to get more fun, and companies can sell the cyber money to fulfill their desire. However, in the trade bad sellers can make a fraud to make easy money. Therefore, we have to realize what problems are, and the government has to make a standard to make a better place for trading cyber money for players and sellers. Moreover, the owners who work the companies and the online system have to regulate a strict law or rules to take care of illegal trade in the online world as the government do in real world.
Reference
Ward, M. (2008) How cash can change online games. BBC NEWS.
Retrieved March 24, 2008, from http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/Technology/7226818.stm
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