Virtual economy is relative to real economy, and the essence of economy is a set of value system. In the real economy, the price system is usually supported by cost and technology. In virtual economy, the price system is based on capitalization pricing, and human psychological factors will have an important impact on the price system. In addition to the financial industry (securities and funds), the virtual economy also includes the gambling industry and the collection industry.

Internet industry does not belong to virtual economy, because the pricing of Internet business products is still closely related to its cost and technical factors.

In addition to labor costs, Internet companies also need to invest a lot of money to buy or rent network infrastructure, including computing equipment, storage equipment, network bandwidth, etc. These are direct or indirect applications of semiconductor products, which are usually consumables and need constant maintenance, replacement, upgrade and replacement.