Gaming News - April 2005
San Diego, CA (April 20, 2005) - Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE)
today announced plans for Station Exchange, an auction site for SOE games.
Station Exchange, scheduled for launch in late June, will allow EverQuest II
subscribers to buy and sell the rights to use characters, items, and coin in a
player-to-player auction setting.
“The unsanctioned secondary market for online games is rapidly growing and more
and more of our players are taking part in it,” said John Smedley. “Not only are
we answering the demands of a sizable portion of our subscriber base, but we are
also set on establishing the standard for online game sales. SOE is in a unique
position to help guide the industry, just as we have since we first opened the
world of EverQuest to the public six years ago.”
From SOE:
The difference between Station Exchange and other third party, non-sanctioned
sites can be summed up in one word: security. When a player decides to auction
the use of an item or character, that item is removed from the game world and is
moved to a secure Station Exchange server. Interested buyers will be able to
browse through all auctions, and will have the comfort of seeing exactly what
they are bidding on and knowing that once an auction is complete, the item or
character will be placed in their account. Since all transactions happen through
Station Exchange servers run by SOE, fraud will be virtually eliminated and the
transfer becomes an automatic process. All activities on Station Exchange will
be player-to-player on servers designated “Exchange Enabled”; Sony Online
Entertainment itself will not sell items, characters or coin.
For more information, visit
www.stationexchange.com.
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