Second Life Overhauls Graphics, Adds Oculus Rift Support

[fraujo]

yes they can spend linden dollars and get you paid, but here's the big issue:

If there is no one to sell to, you get no money. There are so few people around that stores are useless wastes of money.

So when the economy is mostly gone except for very specific areas as you said, your only real method of money is paying for it yourself.

An economy isn't an economy if there are no consumers. In fact, it was shown that regular second life users only log on for a short period a month.

In fact, you said it yourself: The profits are drying up. The economy is dying. If there is no economy you have to pump money into like life support.

You can talk about how many "big numbers" SL has, but when population has dropped to the point Linden Labs doesn't even bother posting stats anymore that's the moment you know a game has a problem.

Hell, that was the reason I left Second Life years ago.

There are plenty of people around, you just need to be smart and put some effort into it.
I run a shopping area, all the shops there make enough money to pay the rent and my own shop makes a profit as well.
There are consumers, you just need to find them.
SL is a lot like Real Life, you can choose to sell steak in a commune of vegetarians and be surprised that nobody buys your stuff, you can build a shop in the desert and wonder why nobody ever shows up, of you can build something people want and find a spot where people will come that might buy it.
There are still quite a few people who make a good buck from what they do in Second Life.
Profits for me are doing well, the economy is stronger than ever.
Second Life is a big world, so it all depends on where you are.
Some corners are doing not to good, others are doing more than fine.
From my point of view, where I am in Second Life, things have only gotten better the last 5 years.

 

[fraujo]

PS... flying dongs?
Really?
That was like a little story that happened in 2006, did it make such an impact on the writer that it is still news to him?

 

[FPLOON]

First person, virtual reality furry sex?

Sign me up!

Agreed! Fucking sold!! Tenouttaten!!! (I'll be in my office!!!)

OT: Almost forgot about Second Life... since creating my own real life second life... (via larping...) I'm glad to see it still holding up even with it's "unfortunate" reputation... (Them update sure do make it all fancy... especially with Octo-Rift support...)