Russians jealous of Everquestians.

January 29, 2002

Russians jealous of Everquestians. You have probably heard of Everquest, the most popular online game to date. In fact, I have mentioned it before. Another funny store surrounding the game has cropped up.

According to CNET, players of Everquest earn an average of $3.42 an hour and produce annual gross exports of $5 million. This is all done by selling "Platinum Points," characters and other things online (an example). In fact, if the Everquest universe were a nation its per capita income of $2,266 would make them the 77th richest country in the world, right between Russia and Bulgaria.

Addictions to this game make a little more sense now. Some of these people are probably living off of Everquest. I bet I could live off Madden if it were possible. Hmm.

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