We haven't spoken much about VERN, the Virtual Economy Research Network ("News, research and discussion on real-money trade of virtual property globally.") We should, because the impressarios Vili Lehdonvirta and Jun-Sok Huhh are putting together some really useful materials and discussion on virtual property and RMT. Go and have a look. The newest posting references a webcast for a mini-seminar on virtual property revenue models and apparently there will be a streaming archive available shortly.
Excellent! Watching the video now!
And while we're on the issue of RMT - I was wondering - is anyone doing any research on Sony's Station Exchange? Or has anyone kept track of how that's going?
Because I haven't really heard anything about it since it was launched last year...but looks to still be up and running!
Anyways - it just popped into my mind with a question mark that I thought I'd post here!! ;)
Posted by: Linn | Sep 27, 2006 at 13:33
We're going to release a White Paper soon with a bunch of data on Station Exchange.
Posted by: Andrew S. Zaffron | Sep 27, 2006 at 17:51
Andy -- Jeepers! That's great!
Send us a link when you it comes out and we'll do a post on it!
Posted by: greglas | Sep 27, 2006 at 22:04
Dan, thanks for the kind words. We're aiming to make this a community effort, so if you are interested in virtual property and RMT, feel free to join in and contribute.
Andrew, wow, looking forward to that data!
All the best,
Vili
Posted by: Vili Lehdonvirta | Sep 28, 2006 at 06:34