Man Spends $330,000 to Buy MMO Space Station

You may find it easy to take out some money for some in-game content, but how about $330,000? Recently a gamer won the MMO Crystal Palace space station auction for $ 330,000 USD. Entropia Universe has a "real cash economy" where $1 can buy you 10 PEDs (Project Entropia Dollars) and someone by the name of Buzz Erik Lightyear snatched up the space station for a cool 3,300,000 PED (USD 330,000). The MMO was designed by Swedish-based MindArk and is a direct continuation of Project Entropia.

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The auction finally ended with the final bid of 3,300,000 PEDs made by "Buzz" at 23:01 Calypso time, thus finalizing an incredibly exciting auction. As the owner of the new hub, Buzz Erik Lightyear can adjust tax rates in his space station so he could get some real-life ROI from his in-game property. How that goes is up to him and the policies of Planet Calypso.

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