The controversial step by Sony Online Entertainment to legitamize the sale of digital items for real world cash was officially born today with the following announcement from Chris Kramer, Director of Corporate Communications at SOE.
Greetings!
Station Exchange, Sony Online Entertainment’s official site for secure in-game player auctions, officially launches today! This is a major step for both MMOs and video games in general. Station Exchange is going live for EverQuest II on two all-new servers (The Bazaar and Shadowhaven). EQII players will be given the option to have their characters moved for free over to the new servers or they can start up brand-new characters there. Players who do not wish to participate in Station Exchange can continue playing on their current servers. Station Exchange Pre-launch Stats SOE recently concluded a two week pre-launch trial phase for Station Exchange. We only allowed a very small number of EQII players into the pre-launch in order to help us fine-tune the system and get feedback on the user experience. The service was live for pre-launch, which meant that all of the users were exchanging US dollars for the rights to use virtual goods, characters and coin within the game.
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