Deutsche Boerse, Germany’s largest stock exchange operator is planning to open the world’s first video game stock exchange.
“It will allow gamers to trade virtual goods, called in-game items, which can range from weapons used in games such as Activision Blizzard’s Call Of Duty to furniture for Electronic Arts’ life simulation game Sims,” reports Fortune.
The market for in-game items is estimated to reach a value of more than $46 billion next year and is expected to grow by an compound annual rate of more than 6%, according to research firm Super Data Research.
But this market is relatively untapped.
“At the moment there are few opportunities for players to legally trade game items,” Deutsche Boerse said in a statement.
Deutsche Boerse and Naga said the exchange operator’s new platform would offer a “fair, secure and legal environment” for trading.
Naga, which will control the joint venture, said the platform will launch between April and June 2017.
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Ha. And someone somewhere will be taking a slice of the pie at the top.
Should be interesting to see this develop.