Second Life vs WOW
I've only tried SL after I got the well prepared (by their PR) press relese saying that a woman has earned over 1 million dollars (REAL) on SL.
This made me want to check "What the heck? Selling virtual property???"
Being there I have seen that's it can work... as well as financial piramids

If You're there first - You can get the piece of the pie.
If You're there afterwords - You can struggle to get some crumbs maybe.
On the other hand You may be able to think of a new virtual business which will be a success - just like in the real life.
For me the phenomenon of SL is equal to the phenomenom of the Internet itself.
Too many people hate themselves or think that they are too ugly, stupid, etc in the real life so they have to cover themselves under some virtual mask.
SL gives the perfect opportunity to do that

The avatars are the hey to success.
The purpose of the game?
Entertainment is the only one and we shouldn't look for others though earning money could be one of the others.
Sorry for such a long post

Posted 11 Mar 07 in Technology News