A Real World Mortgage Company Priced Houses in Skyrim, Fallout, and Witcher
A real-world mortgage company called London & Country has published a new report. While that would normally not be newsworthy on a video game news website, the report is entitled; “An In-Depth Analysis of the Video Game Housing Market”. The report looks at the in-game houses available in games like Skyrim, Fallout 4, and The Witcher 3 to examine their respective costs.
The Video Game Houses Mortgage Study
The report begins with a very salient point; “Every month, more people Google ‘how to buy a house in Skyrim’ than ‘How to buy a house in London,’ ‘the UK,’ ‘France,’ ‘Spain,’ and even ‘America.‘” The report then highlights eight video game locations. Both Skyrim and The Commonwealth of Fallout 4 are first on the list. Hyrule and San Andreas are next, along with Toussaint from The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, Willow Creek from The Sims 4, Stardew Valley, and Eorzea from Final Fantasy XIV.
The report highlights Breezehome as one of Skyrim’s most affordable properties, at just 5,000 Septims. (Clearly, an ideal starter home.) By calculating 1 Septim as £1.8483, London & Country calculated the total cost of Breezehome as a very affordable £9,242 ($12,476). At the upper end of the Skyrim housing market, Proudspire Manor came in at £46,208 ($62,380). There is only one home available for purchase in Fallout 4, all other properties are acquired through other means. Called Home Plate, the property costs 2,000 caps. London & Country calculated 1 cap as £0.326. As such, the property, which is conveniently located in the bustling (if rusted) heart of Diamond City, costs just £652 ($881).
The True Cost of a Toussaint Vineyard
Meanwhile, one of the most expensive in-game properties is in The Witcher III: Wild Hunt. More specifically, it’s in the Blood and Wine DLC. Corvo Bianco Vineyard is a home which Geralt acquires during the story of Blood and Wine. London and Country calculated the cost of the property with in-game currency; “based on our Novigrad crown to GBP conversion rates and the average cost of a vineyard in France today”. The total cost of the property, including refurbishments, comes to 1,049,865 Crowns. Costing 1 Crown as £0.933, the house cost a total of £979,661 ($1,322,542).
Full details for other house costs, and the way in which London & Country calculated each currency’s conversion rate, can be found in the full report. Truly an enthralling read, the report provides a clear accounting of in-game property value for any prospective digital home-buyer.