‘World of Warcraft’ gold is worth 7 times more than Venezuela’s currency

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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