Comments on: Mainstream Games Companies Buying More Virtual Goods

By: EA’s Battlefield Heroes Has Virtual Economy Troubles

EA’s Battlefield Heroes Has Virtual Economy Troubles — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:05:46 +0000

[...] whatever reason, the company’s boasts at having well over a million users and a revenue expectation (for 2009) of $80 million wasn’t enough. EA decided to gouge the prices of virtually every item of merit that could be [...]

By: Spore Grows on to Facebook

Spore Grows on to Facebook — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:11:43 +0000

[...] the console developer has put into social games, virtual goods, and so on through miscellaneous social features in a handful of its mainstream titles, virtual goods transactions, and freemium play. Now, such [...]

By: Fable III Will Feature Virtual Goods Transactions

Fable III Will Feature Virtual Goods Transactions — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:46:58 +0000

[...] we have seen a number of mainstream console developers adopt the virtual goods transaction model (Electronic Arts and Atari especially), but the adoption of this revenue method will make Fable III [...]

By: Virtual Goods Market: Freemium model increasingly mainstream; Dive into the data of Second Life; Weeworld sees continued growth « Viximo Virtual Goods Market Blog

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:10:43 +0000

[...] Major gaming companies adopting virtual goods More and more mainstream gaming companies (including Electronic Arts, Atari, and Activision-Blizzard) are monetizing through virtual goods. [...]