Hi. I'm writing a paper on paying real money for virtual goods,(before you ask, yes I was inspired by the smurfberry thing) and I need to do a quick fact check, so if any of you could answer these questions it would be a great help:
1. What is the cost of a tractor in Farmville translated into US$?
2. Does the term "Microtransactions" cover all instances of paying $ for in-game stuff, even if whatever you're buying is really expensive, like over $100?
3. Roughly what percentage of the crops/equipment/expansions/whatever in farmville can you earn in-game without paying a cent?
4. What is the most expensive single thing for sale in an in-game store?
If you could help me out that would be great. If anyone has any suggestions for things I should talk about in my paper all ideas are welcome. Also, to avoid forum spam from doing this a lot as I make progress, I'd like to get 1 or 2 people to be contacts who I can PM with my questions instead of making more of these posts.
1. What is the cost of a tractor in Farmville translated into US$?
2. Does the term "Microtransactions" cover all instances of paying $ for in-game stuff, even if whatever you're buying is really expensive, like over $100?
3. Roughly what percentage of the crops/equipment/expansions/whatever in farmville can you earn in-game without paying a cent?
4. What is the most expensive single thing for sale in an in-game store?
If you could help me out that would be great. If anyone has any suggestions for things I should talk about in my paper all ideas are welcome. Also, to avoid forum spam from doing this a lot as I make progress, I'd like to get 1 or 2 people to be contacts who I can PM with my questions instead of making more of these posts.
