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This doesn't mean that the marketplace for virtual goods does not exist; it's just not that hip anymore. PlaySpan wants to change this, and they've launched the PlaySpan Virtual Goods Marketplace which will contain items from popular MMOs such as EVE Online, Gunz, Kal, Knight Online, Saga, Shaiya, Silk Road, Soldier Front, Trickster and War Rock. This is not a black or grey market, though: only publisher-approved items will be sold at PlaySpan.
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