Old land store, new prices

by Tateru Nino on Apr 25th 2008 12:00AM

Business models, Economy, News items, Second Life, Virtual worlds

With server version 1.21 still going through its shaky rollout, Linden Lab have decided to put the old land-store back online. It still has all the issues it had before (delays, not working in MSIE, an inability to order void/openspace simulators and so forth), but you will be able to order new sims at new prices.

Hopefully when server version 1.21 and the new land-store are finally online, any outstanding orders can be fast-tracked through the new system. In the meantime, it looks like Linden Lab is taking the hit on extra-handling of simulator purchases by running at the new, lower prices.

Tags: business-models, economy, linden-lab, openspace-simulators, second-life, second-life-simulator, virtual-worlds

Reader Comments (1)

Yes, I suspect the new land store highly automates things - as it always should have. So, no doubt there was a run on the land-store-with-new-prices, but it's the old method. I figure two to three weeks for those islands to appear.

But what happens when the new land store appears, deliveries are "almost instantaneous" and there still is a backlog of new orders from the old land store?

Taking down the old land store was to help build a void so there wouldn't be any overlap. And, what about those still waiting in the backlog when the new store comes up?

A decision to be made: sit it out and wait for concierge to activate and deliver the region they have been waiting on... or, cancel that ticket and purchase a new one through the new land store, risking that the canceled ticket won't cancel in time and suddenly a double-purchase happens. (Tickets aren't closed until actual delivery - thus, it is possible manual configuration and set-up is occurring before the ticket is closed).

Kind of makes your mind feel like you've sucked on ice cubes too fast, huh? ;)