Online gaming: Real issues in virtual worlds (2015) [pdf]

Related post about accounting for online game revenue (a bit simpler, but touches on similar points about durable vs consumable): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30725962

Game economies do seem to be a strict superset of SaaS, so it's interesting to see what the state-of-the-art is for in-game revenue recognition since that will likely be a common issue as SaaS billing models become more sophisticated. E.g. usage-based billing is now becoming more prevalent (vs. simple per-seat billing).

Considering how Steven Bannon and his insidious Chinese Gold Farming Cartel have completely obliterated gaming communities and turned them into avenues to spy on foreign nations - its more than harrowing China thinks it gets to focus on this.