Almost certainly the big increase in land mass relates to flipping full sims to voids--which looks like a great deal for land barons because now they get more seafront per $1USD and is probably also better for parcels as they are more spread out--in fact they can be a lot bigger relative to prim count. And yes, it is a smoke screen on SL real growth...
But this of course also dramatically increases "seafront" capacity and will tank value of parcels--and imagine when prim counts on voids increase again the effective price per prim will also go down. So sure feels like a land bubble about to pop.
Hard to see who wins on this--other than LL who is still getting the $0.03/prim in tier fees. Big losers will be the land owners atm--prim value is now also at the same $0.03/prim as you can even buy an individual void sim for $75USD direct from LL. Ok, you may have to wait a little, but seems like a lot better deal than Bay City--where the purchase price as a staggering $0.75/prim for my little parcel.
Bigger issue really though--is still who is buying the new islands each month for new cash (not converting full to void)? and related to that what is the abandonment rate for existing islands? These are the biggest issues for LL and now that they have big enough payroll for 250 employees--the biggest issue for LL future. But LL is still sending a lot of smoke--wondering when we all gonna get burned??
Almost certainly the big
Fri, 06/27/2008 - 15:54 — RightAsRain RimbaudAlmost certainly the big increase in land mass relates to flipping full sims to voids--which looks like a great deal for land barons because now they get more seafront per $1USD and is probably also better for parcels as they are more spread out--in fact they can be a lot bigger relative to prim count. And yes, it is a smoke screen on SL real growth...
But this of course also dramatically increases "seafront" capacity and will tank value of parcels--and imagine when prim counts on voids increase again the effective price per prim will also go down. So sure feels like a land bubble about to pop.
Hard to see who wins on this--other than LL who is still getting the $0.03/prim in tier fees. Big losers will be the land owners atm--prim value is now also at the same $0.03/prim as you can even buy an individual void sim for $75USD direct from LL. Ok, you may have to wait a little, but seems like a lot better deal than Bay City--where the purchase price as a staggering $0.75/prim for my little parcel.
Bigger issue really though--is still who is buying the new islands each month for new cash (not converting full to void)? and related to that what is the abandonment rate for existing islands? These are the biggest issues for LL and now that they have big enough payroll for 250 employees--the biggest issue for LL future. But LL is still sending a lot of smoke--wondering when we all gonna get burned??