Comments on: Google's Virtual Earth? http://prasenjeet.com/blog/2007/01/googles-virtual-earth Prasenjeet Dutta's blog on Technology, Software and Innovation Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:42:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Prasenjeet http://prasenjeet.com/blog/2007/01/googles-virtual-earth#comment-166 Prasenjeet Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:30:53 +0000 http://www.chaoszone.org/when/2007/01/800#comment-166 Youtube was big too (as was Flickr when it was bought). I don't think 'bigness' is a criteria for not buying, in fact a big and passionate community is a positive factor while acquiring. Besides, creating content is a pain and once a lot of people have spent time (or money!) creating models for Second Life, so any competing v-world will definitely want some way to either connect with SL or users to use SL goodies on their world. Youtube was big too (as was Flickr when it was bought). I don’t think ‘bigness’ is a criteria for not buying, in fact a big and passionate community is a positive factor while acquiring.

Besides, creating content is a pain and once a lot of people have spent time (or money!) creating models for Second Life, so any competing v-world will definitely want some way to either connect with SL or users to use SL goodies on their world.

]]> By: Metlin http://prasenjeet.com/blog/2007/01/googles-virtual-earth#comment-165 Metlin Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:13:20 +0000 http://www.chaoszone.org/when/2007/01/800#comment-165 Purchasing? Maybe not - that might have happened a few years ago, but today Second Life is a little too big (and they know that they have enough customers and a need). They might become "investors" or come to some kind of understanding. That said, I think it is only a matter of time before Google gets into MMORPGs, one way or the other - especially given this new development. Gaming is lucrative by itself, but MMORPGs and the like (I am not sure what you'd call Second Life) definitely seem to fill a niche for a sizeable chunk of the geek-crowd out there. Thoughts? Purchasing? Maybe not – that might have happened a few years ago, but today Second Life is a little too big (and they know that they have enough customers and a need).

They might become “investors” or come to some kind of understanding.

That said, I think it is only a matter of time before Google gets into MMORPGs, one way or the other – especially given this new development. Gaming is lucrative by itself, but MMORPGs and the like (I am not sure what you’d call Second Life) definitely seem to fill a niche for a sizeable chunk of the geek-crowd out there.

Thoughts?

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