The Agency will feature RMT (Real Money Trading).  This means when you play sony's new PS3/PC MMO, you won't really have to work too hard to get your items, so long as you have a fat wallet in real life.  Sony Sony Sony...what would we laugh at without you.

Link: pc.ign.com/articles/874/874092p1.html

I could be wrong, but from various conversations with the LG people and the SOE people, I would suspect that RMT will be handled in teh same way it was for EQII, with seperate servers for those wishing to use the servers and for those who don't.

Poor decision by Sony, although I don't mind, cause I was not planning on playing this game anyway.

My problem is that other companies may start to follow after Sony.  When they see big time companies like Sony doing this stuff, they are (in a way) encouraging other companies to go with a cash market.  More respectable companies & games will think of doing this, instead of making subscriptions.  Also, if this becomes a success, more people will be encouraged to do it.

 You just know that this market will give unfair advantages to players.... Don't give in, people!

Originally posted by mike470

Poor decision by Sony, although I don't mind, cause I was not planning on playing this game anyway.

My problem is that other companies may start to follow after Sony.  When they see big time companies like Sony doing this stuff, they are (in a way) encouraging other companies to go with a cash market.  More respectable companies & games will think of doing this, instead of making subscriptions.  Also, if this becomes a success, more people will be encouraged to do it.

 You just know that this market will give unfair advantages to players.... Don't give in, people!

  I have to disagree, there are many ways to use item malls and RMT in a way which does not imbalance the game at all.  I'm sorry that so many DO use it in such a way...they do so because its more profitable to a small company.  But there are ways to utilize such a system in a fair and just manner.

Originally posted by Gishgeron

 

Originally posted by mike470

Poor decision by Sony, although I don't mind, cause I was not planning on playing this game anyway.

My problem is that other companies may start to follow after Sony.  When they see big time companies like Sony doing this stuff, they are (in a way) encouraging other companies to go with a cash market.  More respectable companies & games will think of doing this, instead of making subscriptions.  Also, if this becomes a success, more people will be encouraged to do it.

 You just know that this market will give unfair advantages to players.... Don't give in, people!

 

  I have to disagree, there are many ways to use item malls and RMT in a way which does not imbalance the game at all.  I'm sorry that so many DO use it in such a way...they do so because its more profitable to a small company.  But there are ways to utilize such a system in a fair and just manner.

And so many of the games use the cash markets unfairly.  Look at games like 2moons, Flyff, and 90% of all all games with cash markets.  They always make it so that if you do not use the cash shop on the "free" game, then you will level slower and have a disadvantage to people that pay.

Sure, cash markets can be used fairly...but this is Sony..