Has there ever been any question that Sion Zaius is perhaps one of the most brilliant minds on the grid? Business wise, he’s made a virtual killing from his now (in)famous SionChickens, and his keen business senses are not to be bawked at. Few people could achieve what he has in as little time. He was the creator of more than just a chicken, but of an entire industry that is growing daily. We have seen Turtles, two different breedable bunnies, coming soon are Dragons, Pigs, cats and Dog and, yes, even horses! People see the tremendous value of the industry, the huge economic upswing it creates in the direction of the creator, and virtual everyone wants a piece of the pie… and in the most shocking turn of events….
Sion is about to give it to you.
Never did I imagine that it would come to this! It’s both unexpected and exciting and it throws every industry player, even those who thought they had foolproof business plans into question. Sion is going to give YOU the ability to create and distribute your own line of virtual pets.
Now, this sounds like it could be HUGE! But lets not get excited. Just stop for a moment, take a breathe and remember the guy we’re dealing with here hasn’t got the best track record, and how he is implementing this is yet to be seen, but lets face it, with an announcement like this, it definitely puts the ball in his court. Sion could literally decimate his competitors in the field with devising such a framework that would allow you, your cousin Ethel and your Brother Jimmy all to create your own virtual pets.
Now, on the same token this could very well just fizzle in the pan if he, lets say, doesn’t REALLY allow you to create your own pets, but instead something form his catalog of his recently announced SionLife. In this instance, the products still remain Sions, and they aren’t really yours. It could also be that he’ll let you create something with your own prims but he will be the only supplier of food or some other dependency that only he can provide.
However, if it is truly as it sounds, really and truly as it was announced, then he is a genius. Perhaps he is going to license his technology to you under his SionLabs banner which will allow you to utilize his scripts in your own breedable pets. Let’s face it, the only thing in more demand than the rarest of the rare pets themselves are the technology behind them. How many people have YOU met that have their own idea or concept for a breedable pet that they’d love to make if they could, if they knew how, if they had a scripter, ect….
If Sion decides to license his technology or create a derivative of it and introduces it to the Market, we will see a massive influx of breedable pets that will potentially match wits with all of Sion’s present and future competitors, and he will be the only one still raking in the dough from his licensing fees. Meanwhile, bunnies and turtles could find themselves sharing shelf space with frogs, butterflies and just about anything else you can think of. This would spread the secondary market so thin that our primary providers would find what once seemed a guaranteed succeess suddenly becomes an uphill battle. The entire relationship between providers and community could change in one fell swoop and suddenly it won’t be enough for a provider to put something out that simply eats and procreates – they would have to rethink their entire structure to offer something truly unique, something that no one else is providing but everyone wants.
Simmer on that for a moment. “Something no one else is providing, but everyone wants.” Sion did that once. He gave the entire grid breedable pets that went viral in a short amount of time. And now that he has direct competitors, what else would a brilliant man offer that demographic that the others aren’t? That’s right. The ability to create their own via a system only he is willing to provide. It will change the face of the entire industry over night if he does it properly. But if Sion is only thinking of Sion, and he decides to someone maintain his ethose of “I’m the only one who should be making money” and only give the you impression that you can create buts, but actually provide you with premade ones, or allow you to chose from a category of SionLife pets… well, his demographic has had enough experience to recognize the ploy and his competitors are safe. But the ball is in his court, and it could be that the fate of the future of industry as we know it is too. Will he pass down a blessing of a product by allowing users to license his technology to make their own pets, or will he remain all Sion-centric and gouge potential users for ever virtual dollar he can while he hangs onto his position in the industry by his fingernails.
Sion stands is quite a powerful place at this very moment, oddly enough, the very place he began. This maneuver could reposition him as the figure to be reckoned with once again. No longer will other pet developers be competing with him for business, they’ll be competing with possibly hundreds of you, and Sion will be the only one providing the board on which to play upon – Genius, could be!
The choice is really his, and until he releases more information, he holds all the cards.
Kabalyero Said:
on October 24, 2009 at 12:19 am
I believe 7Seas is working on the same thing but it’s on fishes. They call it fish breeding and, correct me if I’m wrong, they will allow 7seas custom fish makers to make their own breedable fish.