In Linden Lab’s recent economic report, as initially reported by Second Life webrag New World Notes, The Sion chicken craze had injected the Linden economy with a mights strong dose of stimulus during 2009. The report indicates Sion’s feathered pets brought in more that 60,000 new users into the economy, and goes on to speculate further that the virtual pet Godfather took home a check boasting six figures during one month!
No one should be surprised now why so many other developers were eager to come in and pick up where he left off! However, to be clear, I find it incredibly tack to discuss monetary figures here. We don’t have access to records, we have no materials, charts or graphs to look at – thats why I say, regardless of the New World Notes report that, while it definitely made it’s mark on the economy, figures are speculative – and none of our beeswax!
That said, I do often discuss the prices of the products and am not afraid to lay my opinion down on the table while inviting you do the same. I discuss the business models with the information made publicly available, their impact on the industry itself, as well as the secondary market and examine there directions. I think that it’s needless to say, whatever numbers hover above the amount line on their checks is a topic not up for discussion. I’ve not seen anyone make estimations on the real life gross incomes of other high profile businesses in Second Life, why should the pet industry participants subjected?
I think it’s sufficient to say that we can count this instance as yet another unexpected repercussion from Sion’s amazing invention!
