'Pay real money for virtual things?' life page L12

would you pay real money to buy something which is virtual ? many people including myself have tried out paying real money to buy something that is not real but virtual , like for games such as maple story , i have paid roughly $10 for just a few virtual costumes for one character. and in other games i spend roughly $20 just to play a virtual game, is it really worth it paying so much money just to have just a brief moment of fun ?
In the childrens point of view, paying for these virtual things would only give them momentary pleasure. In the business point of view, games developers make money through the virtual items that they sell online, through selling their games and also online subscriptions.
In games such as maple story , players hide their characters behind their virtual costumes all paid with real money .
Therefore i conclude that itis not really necessary to pay real money for virtual things, as using your own or your parents hard earned money to buy "virtual" things in my point of view would just be a total waste of money . when you can put the money to better use, why would you want to spend it all on virtual things. virtual goods are only there temporarily, as compared to the real goods you could buy from the money spent, its not worth it spending money on Virtual goods.