What Video Game Currencies Are Really Worth

By Jonathan on Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 at 4:11 AM PST In Gamer Life

super paper mario 01 1 What Video Game Currencies Are Really WorthFrom rupees to coins to even genetic material, video games are chock full of made up sources of income. And like any usual currency, all of these can be exchange din their respective worlds for goods and services. So how do these virtual currencies compare to the American dollar? Well that’s exactly what Maxim decided to look into. Their findings were pretty unsurprising though, since every single form of virtual currency turned out to be worth more than one U.S. dollar. Still, it’s interesting to know that just one unit of Starcraft’s minerals would be enough to set you up for life. You can see how some of the more popular video game currencies stack up by clicking the link below.

Via Maxim

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One Comment on “What Video Game Currencies Are Really Worth”

  1. Bounce says:

    Everything is worth my than the dollar these days anyway, so no big surprise there.

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