Venezuela’s currency, the bolívar, has been drastically losing value on the global market ahead of its reform in June. The bolívar has lost so much value that World of Warcraft‘s in-game currency is now worth seven times more than it.
Ever since Blizzard introduced the WoW Token, World of Warcraft‘s in-game gold has had a more direct comparison to real-world marketsWoW tokens can be bought with real money ($20) and then sold on the World of Warcraft auction house for gold. Players who buy a WoW token with gold get to redeem it for $15 on their Blizzard account, which is equal to one month of WoW playtime. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | 'World of Warcraft' gold is worth 7 times more than Venezuela's currency
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