I think that these days you can split SL residents into 2 types: One part wants to be creative in SL, and try find some space to unleash whatever they can think of on the grid, and sometimes sell that. I'm very lucky to be in a private sandbox, but I'm sure some people can get tired of the public sandboxes, and rent or buy some land (or in some cases a sim). The other part wants to find a small retreat where they hang out with some friends, (or loved ones) something they themself own and perhaps created, instead of the (too) public parks and other retreats. People like some level of privacy. Of course, there are people who can combine both creativeness as personal space.
The big flow of new residents stopped, that's true, but there's a part of residents that has been in SL for a while now, and have developed certain skills, but never owned land because it was pricey, and perhaps now that it became "more inexpensive", some of those residents are more willing (or more confident) to slowly take their first steps into being a landowner. I'm sure it'll also help that the € is not giving in too easily on the US $ (even though it did give in something it'll probably not easily reclaim), a good part of those new sims are for Europeans, you can bank on that. Same goes for the Chinese, Japanese and Koreans residents. More and more of them find their way to SL, gain skills and some of them buy land to either sell or biuld a retreat.
The only downside that I see, are for some of the "older" sims. The ones nobody really visits anymore, or nobody feels like renting or buying land in. Mainland sims usually have this problem. The parcels are usually in a wierd shape, neighbouring parcels can be an eyesore, they can be expensive... As a result it's normal to desire your own sim, or part of a sim, they are more personal, or offer more customization, and therefore more appealing.
Still, all that doesn't really take away the fact that too much is too much. There is a land bubble, one that is slowly becoming bigger and bigger and I fear the day it'll burst... but for now, I'm very happy with my patch of land where I can crash into a chair and have a cuddle with my lion, the patch of land where I can sell some of my stuff, and the patch of land where I can unleash my creativeness. And FYI, I'm renting from one of my closest buddies, and the rent was made up very fair!
I think that these days you
Mon, 09/29/2008 - 17:35 — Ganymedes1985 (not verified)I think that these days you can split SL residents into 2 types:
One part wants to be creative in SL, and try find some space to unleash whatever they can think of on the grid, and sometimes sell that.
I'm very lucky to be in a private sandbox, but I'm sure some people can get tired of the public sandboxes, and rent or buy some land (or in some cases a sim).
The other part wants to find a small retreat where they hang out with some friends, (or loved ones) something they themself own and perhaps created, instead of the (too) public parks and other retreats. People like some level of privacy.
Of course, there are people who can combine both creativeness as personal space.
The big flow of new residents stopped, that's true, but there's a part of residents that has been in SL for a while now, and have developed certain skills, but never owned land because it was pricey, and perhaps now that it became "more inexpensive", some of those residents are more willing (or more confident) to slowly take their first steps into being a landowner.
I'm sure it'll also help that the € is not giving in too easily on the US $ (even though it did give in something it'll probably not easily reclaim), a good part of those new sims are for Europeans, you can bank on that.
Same goes for the Chinese, Japanese and Koreans residents. More and more of them find their way to SL, gain skills and some of them buy land to either sell or biuld a retreat.
The only downside that I see, are for some of the "older" sims. The ones nobody really visits anymore, or nobody feels like renting or buying land in. Mainland sims usually have this problem. The parcels are usually in a wierd shape, neighbouring parcels can be an eyesore, they can be expensive...
As a result it's normal to desire your own sim, or part of a sim, they are more personal, or offer more customization, and therefore more appealing.
Still, all that doesn't really take away the fact that too much is too much. There is a land bubble, one that is slowly becoming bigger and bigger and I fear the day it'll burst... but for now, I'm very happy with my patch of land where I can crash into a chair and have a cuddle with my lion, the patch of land where I can sell some of my stuff, and the patch of land where I can unleash my creativeness.
And FYI, I'm renting from one of my closest buddies, and the rent was made up very fair!