> lending as an item in an in-game economy... That's never going to happen in a real game because no game developer is going to spend time supporting some "ite

> lending as an item in an in-game economy... That's never going to happen in a real game because no game developer is going to spend time supporting some "item" bought somewhere else. There's no incentive for them. They can much more readily just sell their own in-game items and make all the money from the sale. This has the positive side effect for the developer that the in game item can't be taken to some other game.