Originally Posted by Obsidian

I think I remember watching a detailed video online about gold farming in WoW. One of the statistics that the hacker mentioned was that somewhere along the lines of 30% of all WoW subscribers are actually farmer accounts, among many other interesting facts about the gold farming business. This video was done back in the earlier days of Burning Crusade, but I think that should give you an idea that gold farming isn't going to stop any time soon.