Comments on: For Love or Money? Making MMOs pay http://darklondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/for-love-or-money-making-mmos-pay/ Exploring Immersive Media Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:55:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: nickbjorn http://darklondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/for-love-or-money-making-mmos-pay/#comment-758 nickbjorn Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:01:18 +0000 http://darklondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/for-love-or-money-making-mmos-pay/#comment-758 Definitely, part of the culture of MMOs/virtual worlds is the sense of ownership players develop for their characters/property even though the EULAs might state otherwise. I think a lot of Raph's support for these non-traditional MMOs/virtual worlds has been strategic in order to prepare us for Metaplace, which sounds great by the way. Pretty much every other MMO/virtual world site has covered Metaplace, so I'm going to wait until we know more about it before I do so myself. Definitely, part of the culture of MMOs/virtual worlds is the sense of ownership players develop for their characters/property even though the EULAs might state otherwise.

I think a lot of Raph’s support for these non-traditional MMOs/virtual worlds has been strategic in order to prepare us for Metaplace, which sounds great by the way. Pretty much every other MMO/virtual world site has covered Metaplace, so I’m going to wait until we know more about it before I do so myself.

]]> By: Adrian Crook http://darklondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/for-love-or-money-making-mmos-pay/#comment-755 Adrian Crook Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:50:45 +0000 http://darklondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/for-love-or-money-making-mmos-pay/#comment-755 You're right about UGC. How a company approaches it (or doesn't approach it) says a lot about how invested they are in embracing "web 2.0". Will be interesting to watch. You’re right about UGC. How a company approaches it (or doesn’t approach it) says a lot about how invested they are in embracing “web 2.0″. Will be interesting to watch.

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