Gold farming
practice of playing online games to acquire in-game currency later selling it for real-world money
Gold farming is playing a massively multiplayer online game to get virtual currency that other players buy in exchange for actual money.[1][2] Some people in China and other developing nations have had full-time jobs as gold farmers.[3]
References
change- ↑ The business end of playing games bbc.com, Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 14:55 GMT
- ↑ Current Analysis and Future Research Agenda on "Gold Farming": Real-World Production in Developing Countries for the Virtual Economies of Online Games - Page 2 Richard Heeks, Development Informatics Group IDPM, SED, University of Manchester, UK - 2008
- ↑ For Chinese gold farmers, see Davis, Rowenna (March 5, 2009). "Welcome to the new gold mines". The Guardian. London. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
