Comments on: Second Life Is Really Like a Second Life http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/03/25/second-life-is-really-like-a-second-life/ I bake games. Indie style. Thu, 16 May 2013 13:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris Wood http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/03/25/second-life-is-really-like-a-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-72472 Chris Wood Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:18:11 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/03/25/second-life-is-really-like-a-second-life/#comment-72472 Essentially any investment in something in Second Life is an investment in the game, and to a less degree the company behind it (since they do have complete control over it). So if your forecasts for the game and the company are good, it's a good investment. Essentially any investment in something in Second Life is an investment in the game, and to a less degree the company behind it (since they do have complete control over it). So if your forecasts for the game and the company are good, it’s a good investment.

]]> By: Jake Birkett http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/03/25/second-life-is-really-like-a-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-70772 Jake Birkett Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:46:11 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/03/25/second-life-is-really-like-a-second-life/#comment-70772 good point but it depends if second life can move with the times and be the "standard" so that people don't leave. good point but it depends if second life can move with the times and be the “standard” so that people don’t leave.

]]> By: Michael http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/03/25/second-life-is-really-like-a-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-70424 Michael Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:12:49 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/03/25/second-life-is-really-like-a-second-life/#comment-70424 With all of the recent hype around Second Life, it can't be long before a different company creates their own (and possibly better) version of a duplicate universe... who knows, we could see a dozen of these cyber-realities pop up within the next few years?! Can you imagine the mass Second Life exodus if Blizzard (makers of World of Warcraft) opened up a "Better Life"?! How about an off-the-shelf virtual universe creator sold at your local tech shop? Point being: playing in environments such as these is totally fine - BUT - all of those near-sighted entrepreneurs who are spending cold hard cash buying a big slice of virtual land might get a rude shock when their investments crash and burn as soon as the next community opens up. It's going to happen. Just a question of 'when'. With all of the recent hype around Second Life, it can’t be long before a different company creates their own (and possibly better) version of a duplicate universe… who knows, we could see a dozen of these cyber-realities pop up within the next few years?! Can you imagine the mass Second Life exodus if Blizzard (makers of World of Warcraft) opened up a “Better Life”?! How about an off-the-shelf virtual universe creator sold at your local tech shop?

Point being: playing in environments such as these is totally fine – BUT – all of those near-sighted entrepreneurs who are spending cold hard cash buying a big slice of virtual land might get a rude shock when their investments crash and burn as soon as the next community opens up.

It’s going to happen. Just a question of ‘when’.

]]> By: Jake Birkett http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/03/25/second-life-is-really-like-a-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-70420 Jake Birkett Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:53:58 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/03/25/second-life-is-really-like-a-second-life/#comment-70420 A friend of mine, who's an artist, has just got someone to set him up a virtual art gallery displaying his "drip series" of nudes. It's pretty cool, and people have bought the art in second life for their virtual homes. Of course he's hoping the marketing exercise will result in REAL art sales... A friend of mine, who’s an artist, has just got someone to set him up a virtual art gallery displaying his “drip series” of nudes. It’s pretty cool, and people have bought the art in second life for their virtual homes. Of course he’s hoping the marketing exercise will result in REAL art sales…

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