A BREAKTHROUGH FOR VIRTUAL WORLDS

For the first time an on-line game will have a 'virtual' bank tied to the 'real' world.
Entropia Universe, will soon let players start up banks with the authority to lend money that's convertible to real-world dollars. Already a character in Second Life has acclumated the equivalent of over US$1million and MindArk made ATM cards available to players so they could withdraw game funds.
Once our currencies, with in itself is a construct, becomes transformable between on-line and real worlds the power of on-line 'living' will begin to have the same value as what we do real. Currently only a fringe of players make their living by creating virtual goods (which are sold in the real world for real money) in the future we will be able to make virtual goods, sell them for virtual dollars, and spend those virtuall dollars for real goods.