In EVE Online, discussions about the economy and whether it has been slightly exaggerated take place.
As reported by PCGamesN, at the EVE Fanfest, thoughts about the game’s economy were also discussed. The CEO of CCP, Hilmar Veigar Péturrsson, spoke about the economy in EVE Online. The in-house statistician, Edvald “Quant” Gisilison, calculated the value of the “Palatine Keepstar,” a space station.
According to Quant, Keepstar constitutes one-fifteenth of the EVE economy. Someone on reddit calculated the total value of the EVE economy from Quant’s information and arrived at 55 million dollars.
The CEO said: “I calculated this. One-fifteenth of 55 million dollars … 3.5 million dollars?! Just for this one object? I believe we have slightly exaggerated …”
In EVE, playtime can be paid for both with real money and with the in-game currency ISK. Hence, these conversions from game money to real money arise. With the new expansion “Citadel”, the “boom” of the economy seems to continue, even though currently a large war in EVE Online causes numerous assets to disappear into pixel clouds every day.
The specific structure of the Palpatine Keepstar is an extra-large Citadel, of which only one can be anchored in EVE at the same time. The developers designed it as an absolute luxury and prestige object.
