China’s gold farming ban not really a ban

Posted by GladysBritten on 07 2nd, 2009

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The other day, we reported on China’s recent ban on trading real currency for virtual goods , and it was hailed as the end of gold selling in the MMO world. Unfortunately, it may not actually play out that way. While this would put a stop to some gold selling, it won’t stop all of it thanks to a convenient little loophole . That loophole is the fact that their law has no jurisdiction over foreign transactions. While it absolutely can put a stop to these transactions on Chinese soil using Chinese servers and Chinese currency, Chinese goldfarmers can still happily (well, probably not happily ) scrounge up gold on American realms and sell it to American players. Most likely, this new law won’t have an impact on the gold selling industry whatsoever. The people being impacted are those crafting their games on a model of microtransactions rather than a subscription model. Developers, not gold farmers, will be harmed by this. A game like Free Realms is no longer a feasible option in China. Continue reading China’s gold farming ban not really a ban Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , News items , Economy China’s gold farming ban not really a ban originally appeared on WoW.com on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read