So, Linden Labs just announced that they will be raising tier on all openspace regions from January 2009. There will be no Grandfathering and all openspaces will be subject to a huge 66% increase from $75 per month too $125.

Now, let me get this right. First of all they cut full prim sims by 40% in purchase price, devaluing EVERYONE’S assets by that amount and even moreso if you consider the market saturation this led to. They then cut openspaces down to a very affordable $250 a month and doubled the prims on those to 3750. So of course thousands of people rush out and add plenty of openspaces to their estate. There are lots of companies out there now who depend upon openspace sims. And then once Linden Labs get themselves into the happy position of having this many people owning openspaces, the dollar signs in their eyes get bigger and they decide to hike their income from those by 66%!

Their excuse? The fact that they are not being used for openspace use anymore, people renting on them etc etc. So apparently, hiking the purchase price to $ 325 and the tier to $ 125 per month is going to fix this???

Bullshit.

And just when it was going so well they pull another crock of shit out of their arses.

For me personally, the effect will be minimal. Fortunately the company I manage does not rely on open spaces at all. We have a few, but they’re primarily to connect continents. And for companies like this, the forthcoming decline in openspace regions will probably mean an increase in people purchasing standard full prim parcels.

However, in terms of a business decision, I cannot help but think it is just greed combined with stupidy.

Rant over

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