Now I've seen it all...

[rayrey10]

Who in their right mind would pay $635k for "virtual land"? Can you imagine paying user fees to some an individual (for lack of a better word) that "owns" an airport in FS9 or FSX? Or renting a hangar or something like that in FS?

Now I know, this comes from a grown man who "plays" a video game called Flight Simulator and pays people for planes that they "build", but it ain't the same thing...$40 vs $635,000. I guess it pays to be a geek.

http://blog.games.yahoo.com/blog/160-man-drops-record-setting-335-000-on-virtual-game-property

[Quixoticish]

If you've got the money why not? It's no more obscene than spending $1,700,000 on a Bugatti Veyron when a Ford Fiesta that will only set you back $13,000 will get you from A to B just as quickly and far more conveniently.

[Bone]

Is it my imagination, or has there been a large streak of insanity ripping through the social fabric lately?

[Willy]

At least with the Veyron, you've got something physical.

[kilo delta]

a Ford Fiesta that will only set you back $13,000 will get you from A to B just as quickly.

Ford must have pulled out all the stops in the performance of the new Fiesta! ;p :d

[Quixoticish]

At least with the Veyron, you've got something physical.

Your argument is invalid. Many of us spend hundreds, if not thousands of pounds cumulatively on downloadable FS addons. We don't get anything physical either.

[Willy]

I do, I buy the CD ROM version.