"We're still reporting on Second Life, but only as part of our usual tech and media coverage," a Reuters spokeswoman confirmed to The Register (via Game Politics). After only two years of activity, one of the world's leading news services decided to end its virtual branch in the world of Second Life, and it may have taken a month-and-a-half for anyone to notice. The last entry on their site is dated September 30.
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Online life sim Second Life is removing gacha mechanics later this month, citing a "changing regulatory climate" as its reason for banning the surprise mechanics
Do that with Marvel Avengers and every other Gacha game and the wold would be great.
So, what games are you not allowed to stream on Twitch?
As they should be. There's no need for these kinds of games. It's just prurient nonsense.
I'm surprised they lasted that long.
I make decent dough from Secondlife and yeah the economy is hitting that game hard, but that is it.
I never understood why Reuters would jump into that game as there is only drama to report. I use the term "game" loosely. They reported on nothing pretty much.
Secondlife will still be around but it's pretty obvious to most "residents" that the bubble has already burst.
People saying that Secondlife is failing is kind of misinformed. I don't think SL will just fail. There are enough users to keep it up, plus it's open source so even after it goes down, there will be user run servers etc. They have the future laid out pretty well.
The reason it is rapidly declining is because not a lot of people spend real money on virtual items in a bad economy. Makes sense.
sweden has an embassy in second life. thats the worst.