If what you are after is making money, you cannot overlook virtual games and, more specifically, Second Life. This game, created in 2003 by Philip Roseadle, has already around 20 million players, mostly American, but there is a Spanish version which is potentially growing.
If you are wondering how to make money in Second Life, well, the game consists of having a parallel vitual life and there is no clear game objective but to integrate people and different cultures in total harmony.
Second Life has a special feature which makes it different to any other game: it has its own economy and currency, the linden dollar. The exchange rate is 1 U$D = 270 linden dollars. And we have to bear in mind that, as from some time ago, this virtual game has been quoting in the stock market.
Due to the number of people that participate in Second Life, many multinational companies have decided to land there as well. These include Cisco, IBM, Sun Microsystems and Vodafone, as well as Adidas, Nike, Toyota, Reuters or El Pais, a Spanish newspaper. Second Life is being used by these and other companies as a means of advertising directed at all the people who participate, and you can do the same.
You can be one of the participants, if what you want is to set up a virtual business in the game and offer your products or services, first you have to buy some land, either to the company that owns the game at U$D 9,95, or to one of the participants at the price they establish; or you can make money with land speculation.
Another way to make money in second life is in the fashion industry. You could offer your own designs to the other players or you can advertize them yourself by wearing them.
Interior designers can also offer guided tours of houses which have been especially decorated for advertisement purposes.
There are infinite ways to make money in second life, all you need to do is use your imagination within a world that has nothing to envy reality.