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Question: is the any statistics on commerce of "virtual goods" for the last, say 5 years?
There are quite many statistics on trade and commerce on various goods. However, I do not recall to have seen any on the trade / commerce of "virtual goods". There is something from the development of the gaming industry, or the trade of virtual castles or figures from virtual games. But nothing, as I recall, on the development of virtual goods in itself, or compared to "normal" goods.
Any help out there?
br, Thomas
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Permalink Reply by Mary Adams on
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Thomas-
This was the topic of discussion at the recent Future of Money conference (lots of people from gaming there). Most of the panels were truly discussions with no powerpoints--made for a great conference but harder to access the info. But you can get a number of sources by looking at:
- the schedule
- audio of the panels
- the twitter stream #futureofmoney
For more traditional measures, check out the monthly updates at the Intangible Economy blog by ICKC member Ken Jarboe.
Please share what you find and/or let me know if this is not on target.
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Permalink Reply by Thomas Mathiasen on -
Thanks Mary - spot on! Particularly there is a graph depicting the change in trade, shifting from tangible to intangible goods. And lots of credit to Ken Jarboe.
The reason for my asking is, that we are contemplating starting a project looking at the future development of intangible (or virtual) value in virtual surroundings. Trying do develop scenarios for how this could develop and what the implications would be.
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Sounds interesting Thomas. Please feel free to share thoughts. If you want to create a space for hosting a conversation on the ICKC, let me know. We are looking at supporting a number of new projects in the coming year.
Another couple ICKC members that are working in related spaces are Dan Robles and Jay Deragon.
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