Aemyth has an interesting post comparing Linden Lab's Sansar to a couple competitors: One is Tower Unite, a recently launched virtual world on the core gamer Steam market -- trailer above -- and somewhat unexpectedly to some, a virtual world gambling game called Four Kings Casino. The thing is, Linden Lab CEO Ebbe Altberg usually compares Sansar to WordPress, which is an appealing elevator pitch for developers who've actually heard of WordPress, but to consumers who haven't (the other 99% of potential Sansar users), they're going to expect a virtual world with a unified, gamified experience. Aemyth has some suggestions there:
- Implement a basic cooking/growing/pet system into Sansar that anyone, anywhere in Sansar can enjoy.
- Still want that casino project to take off? Charge an entry fee to enter the game map. Any “chips” users earn can go to perks such as exclusive, customizable homes, furniture, rare pets, and clothing.
- Most importantly, call Sansar a game. It’s a game. “Game” is marketable. “Game” is YouTube-friendly. Selling a virtual life is not YouTube-friendly. It’s entirely possible to advertise creativity with art and science communities while catering to gamers as well. But you know what no one likes? Advertising a game as a replacement for IRL. The tech world has evolved beyond that, and so LL must do the same.
Yes, yes, and yes. Read the whole thing.
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Oh dear! maybe a few pointers from a current SL resident with over a decade in like myself!
1) When someone has a cashout 'DO NOT' ignore it 14 days then cancel it!
2) After spending ten's of thousands over a decade on land,clothing and other things how about not treating me like a scammer once a call is made to customer service to try to resolve the issue.
3)If someone is offering to fill out any needed tax papers/forms for cashing out while registered as a real business how about not refusing this so the person cannot cash out further.
I can provide them anything they need, they just don't want to give me my marketplace earnings.
4) Smaller creators lives matter too!!! we cannot all be the next blueberry or the other 400 special snowflakes in sansar!
5) If you totally screw-over a creator in SL what has changed for them in Sansar?
Posted by: Comment | Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 09:58 AM