Virtual Worlds Are ‘Worth $1bn’
Today we find this article over on BBC News. I have to admit I have tried the Second Life and for the life of me I just don’t get it. Everywhere I turn someone was trying to sell me something (aggressively) and/or offering to “cyber”. While there are the likes of the World of Warcraft (which I have not tried) and the like I just can’t get into it.
Games such as World of Warcraft and worlds like Habbo Hotel are fast becoming “significant platforms” in the converged media world, the report said.
“There’s a whole ream of different genres and spaces emerging,” said the report author Piers Harding-Rolls.
Revenues from subscriptions to MMOGs will hit $1.5bn by 2011, he said.
There is revenue to be had and all the power to them but, geez. What ever happened to going outside or meeting friends for a coffee?
Tags: Second Life, World of Warcraft, MMOG