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MMO Economies - Hyperinflation, Reserve Currencies & You! - Extra Credits

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What it is

An Extra Credits episode on how MMO economies get overrun by inflation when players can mint unlimited gold by killing monsters. It covers approaches borrowed from real-world economics, such as anchoring or pegging currency, as alternatives to simple gold sinks.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in game-economy threads as a clear explanation of why vendor-sellable loot causes hyperinflation and how designers counter it.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Extra creditz just published an excellent video on why auto-generated vendor-sellable items lead to hyperinflation under most circumstances”

    Explains why vendor-sellable items cause hyperinflation and how to avoid it.

    sdrinf, 2016-11 · Recommendation · in “Hammercoin – A Bitcoin-fueled game”

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Topics: mmo, inflation, virtual currency, gold sinks, game design

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