The Asian virtual goods market is estimated at $5 billion in 2008, and could reach $7 billion in 2009, according to Benjamin Joffe, CEO of +8* (Plus Eight Star), a consultancy firm dealing with bringing Asian online market concepts to Western companies. Joffe explained his estimate during a presentation at San Francisco’s Virtual Goods Summit 2009, highlighting the state of the market in Korea, China, and Japan. Says Joffe, “This is an estimate I came …