"So clearly the openspaces have had a big impact on their Mainland sim yeilds."
I have heard this argument and believe it accurate in a substantial way. Of course people are going to purchase what they feel is the best bang for the buck. And this product certainly "was" for most users and for the short amount of shelf life it had. It offered one quarter of the fifteen thousand usage prims of it's full simulator resource, at a cost more attainable by the masses. Even at 75.00USD it is quite expensive for the 3,700 primitive usage you receive. But, still more cost effective for most and allowed better control privs.
Not everyone that is interested in the product has the desire for a full simulator. And in fact, most don't. It's not just the associated outragous "non refunable" setup and fees being charged, many only want the service for personal work and enjoyment. When this <jargon>"Open Space"</jargon> product was advertised, many people took advantage of the additional prim allotment as it was somewhat a more viable solution to the over priced and network laggy <SL jargon>mainland</SL jargon> region virtual space. And I do believe the sales figures would show that the end users were taking advantage of the lower priced, lower usage spaces. But my understanding from the outset of the announcement was that this was the intention for the product. One would think so, no?
Bad PR
Oh hurry, back peddle, we want more money now we see how popular this idea was. Maybe we should offer 10K USD "in L" for someone to connect real life and second life in some way others will feel and see it as important.
Business as usual at LL. Sell a service, create a problem, be the savior, make more money. Such is politics illegal or not.
"So clearly the openspaces
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 01:43 — Anonymous (not verified)"So clearly the openspaces have had a big impact on their Mainland sim yeilds."
I have heard this argument and believe it accurate in a substantial way. Of course people are going to purchase what they feel is the best bang for the buck. And this product certainly "was" for most users and for the short amount of shelf life it had. It offered one quarter of the fifteen thousand usage prims of it's full simulator resource, at a cost more attainable by the masses. Even at 75.00USD it is quite expensive for the 3,700 primitive usage you receive. But, still more cost effective for most and allowed better control privs.
Not everyone that is interested in the product has the desire for a full simulator. And in fact, most don't. It's not just the associated outragous "non refunable" setup and fees being charged, many only want the service for personal work and enjoyment. When this <jargon>"Open Space"</jargon> product was advertised, many people took advantage of the additional prim allotment as it was somewhat a more viable solution to the over priced and network laggy <SL jargon>mainland</SL jargon> region virtual space. And I do believe the sales figures would show that the end users were taking advantage of the lower priced, lower usage spaces. But my understanding from the outset of the announcement was that this was the intention for the product. One would think so, no?
Bad PR
Oh hurry, back peddle, we want more money now we see how popular this idea was. Maybe we should offer 10K USD "in L" for someone to connect real life and second life in some way others will feel and see it as important.
Business as usual at LL. Sell a service, create a problem, be the savior, make more money. Such is politics illegal or not.
Makes one vomit in both worlds.