Indian MMO - Kreeda

The Financial Times ran an interesting piece on the challenges Kreeda faces in setting-up an MMO in India.

Article here

What jumped out was the way Kreeda is seeking to get around the low-level of credit card usage in India,

“To overcome India’s slow connection speeds, the game is designed to work on dial-up connections rather than broadband. And since credit cards are not yet ubiquitous, Kreeda is distributing cash cards to Internet cafes and other outlets around the country to allow users to buy and sell items on the site.”