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Not sure if this has made it's way around yet, interesting article on housing issues in MMO's. Ultima Online mentioned. It's a short piece but makes you wonder how and if UO I'd being effected by a bubble that will pop and drive prices back down in the market for housing and rares.
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For those not reading all the way through, there is a more detailed article that prompted the discussion at Massively OP. That more detailed article can be found here:
Land speculators will kill your game's growth (gamedeveloper.com)