My Analysis of the Economy in Habbo

[jakey,,]

all common sense.

More players, more money more people buy, introduction of grand exchange has caused inflation as you can trade gold bars and coins whereas you had to buy and trade through items in catalogue, habbo is loving it, anyone can get rich easy. Habbo will not close for ages for starters just because there is a bit of capitalism in the habbo society, casinos rely on habbo's money tactics like myself, when there's no new furni or events or comps i get alot more bets and win peoples coins/furniture, which habbo relys on us to do as the betters then go buy more and it's just a cycle... people like myself and habbo get rich constantly in a cycle.

[-Danube-]

In the present, anyone who is rich is either a scammer or a casino owner (or both in most cases...). In the past most people who were rich were also traders, before the marketplace it was very easy to get rich from trading. Now it's not really possible as the marketplace continues to drive down prices.

Habbo is moving away from trading and more towards chat, room building (wired etc) and games. With casinos still in there, but again this comes under games.

Habbo has like no economy in my eyes anymore, it's just being driven down and down my the marketplace and the merge. Habbo is a different game than it was 4 years ago, and tbh i do not like it.

[Eoin247]

In the present, anyone who is rich is either a scammer or a casino owner (or both in most cases...). In the past most people who were rich were also traders, before the marketplace it was very easy to get rich from trading. Now it's not really possible as the marketplace continues to drive down prices.

Habbo is moving away from trading and more towards chat, room building (wired etc) and games. With casinos still in there, but again this comes under games.

Habbo has like no economy in my eyes anymore, it's just being driven down and down my the marketplace and the merge. Habbo is a different game than it was 4 years ago, and tbh i do not like it.

I agree with you Dan. In a way the MP actualy encourages scamming by making it near impossible to get rich the only real legit way which is trading (buying low, selling high)

[Mathew]

In the present, anyone who is rich is either a scammer or a casino owner (or both in most cases...).

Bit of a hasty generalisation when it's obviously not true. Such a shame how a few individuals disrupt the image of a whole group of people.

Habbo is moving away from trading and more towards chat, room building (wired etc) and games. With casinos still in there, but again this comes under games. Habbo is a different game than it was 4 years ago, and tbh i do not like it.

Thank goodness! Habbo was way too centred on casinos and gambling and people simply went on the game to "get rich". That was never the intended purpose of Habbo because they have told their players many times that it is a chatroom for teenagers. Perhaps it's just me, but I feel the steps Habbo have taken to encourage room building and games is a significant leap and it is exactly what Habbo intended to be. People are playing a game, talking to each other and being creative, instead of being caught up in a false economy and worrying about what furni they do(n't) own.

[--ss--]

Without any sort of monetary wealth associated with the game there is no motivation to play as no one is going to be getting any sort of achievement out of it and so you're better off going on Facebook and playing Farmville. Habbo lost its charm years back.

[JerseySafety]

I agree with Dan here, habbo is moving although at the same time they are trying to rack in more cash/credits which is fair enough considering they are a business.

[orientalframe?]

Without any sort of monetary wealth associated with the game there is no motivation to play as no one is going to be getting any sort of achievement out of it and so you're better off going on Facebook and playing Farmville. Habbo lost its charm years back.

Definitely this. There is nothing really you can achieve for without any monetary values.

[Celacia]

Hey everyone.

I appreciate all the feedback.

Someone brought up capitalism, and while I agree the marketplace shreds a fiber of capitalism, the extent to which it can be taken is small. You can draw a direct parallel between the world's markets and habbo's in one aspect.

Super corporations (and the individuals with the top 2% of wealth), the companies that control the largest supply of goods, hold the most influence on the market. As a newcomer or small stock holder, your ability to capitalize is low.

Not only do they (top 2%) hold the product, they also hold the currency. That's the problem.

[Akanji]

Yep

So 3000 x 1.5 = 4500. Which is feasible, still a huge amount though.

Plus you missed out, hacking and scamming as one of the main ones. I know a guy who scammed 80t odd. At the end of his reign, he sold up. Had over 700t. Search: Hachette to read his story, to find out how some people get rich. Others are much clever and get rich by other means.

I remember one member who's actually a member on here, keylogging either Vodor or Nisus back in 05/06 I can't remember. Or that's what I remember hearing in the room 'we got him'. etc. They deserved it anyway - using accelerators to rig.

I used the search function to find this story but I couldn't find anything.

Could you link please?

[Rigr]

I used the search function to find this story but I couldn't find anything.

Could you link please?

Search his name (Hachette) in the habbo navigator, he used to have a room with it written on stickies