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Home brings in $1m in virtual goods, user-generated content the 'goal'
Home brings in $1m in virtual goods, user-generated content the 'goal'
Not content with spending your real Earth bucks on a virtual tankini for your Quincy ? Considering Sony has reportedly sold "one million dollars worth of virtual goods" through the still-in-beta PlayStation Home service, that would seemingly put you in the (more frugal, smarter ) minority, ...
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One million dollars worth of goods sold in Home so far
Joystiq [PlayStation] — ... prices of the various online products have tempted quite a number of Home users. Products go for as low as $.49, but some can get quite expensive. Sony is also looking into the value of user-generated content in Home. However, allowing users to create their own objects in Home will not only cut into Sony's bottom-line, but it will undoubtedly cause moderation migraines. Let's not forget that Second Life was once filled with flying penises. [Via Joystiq] One million dollars worth of goods sold in Home so far originally appeared on ...

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