The folks over at Game Informer have put-up a nice article detailing currency conversion in video game worlds. http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/11/03/currency-converter-calculating-video-game-exchange-rates.aspx
It's an interesting concept and it would be nice to know what you guys would buy in the real world based on your experience points and levels in the above games?
Please state your countries currency and its relation to the American dollar to make it easier to understand.
For example I live in Australia and-
1 Australian Dollar= 1.05 US Dollars
According to Game Informer 1 US Dollar = 8.93 rupees
A happy Meal in Australia costs $4.95 which is $5.15 US dollars
Since 1 US dollar is 8.93 rupees then a happy meal in Australia costs 49 rupees.
Also I was wondering If we could do something similar with other games. For example what is the real world cost of
1. The bolts in Ratchet and Clank
2. Souls in Demon's/Dark souls
3. Sonic's rings
4. Other games
WHAT A RIP OFF!! A Mcdonald happy meal costs 28 rupees in Hyrule.
I stole every single one of those 36 gold bars from the casino in Fallout dead money....guess they weren't worth that much
Hmmm, so in Starcraft, for a 90% chance you're going to die as a marine, they pay you $500,000. It's a risk/reward issue I suppose.
Sonic's gold rings would be worth SHIT then.Hyrule's economy is broken. Rupees can be found lying in the grass.
To be fair, that's how most economies functioned under metal/mineral-based currencies. You found an abandoned mine, and EVERYBODY WAS RICH!Hyrule's economy is broken. Rupees can be found lying in the grass.
Pretty sure Lon Lon Ranch milk is high-end milk, not regular-ass department store brand
we're talking five dollars, not one
@Unknown_Pleasures said:
Man Pokemon dollars are almost worth less than the Vietnamese đồng....cool article thanks for posting
Only I could take that sentence and make a visualization of everyone in the Pok'emon world passing penis around like currency. Also Mexicans must make a pretty good living in the Hyrule universe.
Everybody knows that the King of Hyrule is a far right conservative. There aren't as many huge mountains as you think; the King just built a huge wall to keep the Mexicans out. (Because apparently, Hyrule borders Mexico.)
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