Most Business-Launched Virtual Worlds Fail

Posted by timothy on Saturday May 17, 2008 @11:29AM from the your-door-is-a-jar dept.

bughunter writes "Internet consultant firm Gartner claims that only 1 in 10 commercial virtual worlds succeeds, and most fail within 18 months: 'Businesses have learned some hard lessons," Gartner analyst Steve Prentice said in a statement released Thursday. "They need to realize that virtual worlds mark the transition from Web pages to Web places and a successful virtual presence starts with people, not physics. Realistic graphics and physical behavior count for little unless the presence is valued by and engaging to a large audience."'" Hard to believe it's even as high as one in ten -- most "virtual worlds" with obvious commercial trappings certainly don't inspire much besides mockery.

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Re:Most Businesses Fail by smittyoneeach · 2008-05-17 13:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic

let's just declare this thread successfully finished
But, no one has bashed AOL yet!
Oh, wait, that was Bob Pittman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3FnpaWQJO0

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Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
Re:Sturgeon's Law by smittyoneeach · 2008-05-17 13:24 · Score: 0, Offtopic

(Psst: the Gaelic in your sig contains some misspellings.)

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Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear