SL buying VU?

by sadEcatgirl · 10 posts
2 years ago in IMVU Lounge

Posted 2 years ago · Author

not sure if this is true but i just heard from a friend that SL is buying VU. he heard it from some friends cuz SL people were talking about it. im not sure how long ago he heard about this but i just looked it up and couldn't really find anything on it.....not sure how many people on here also play SL...i dont play SL myself so i cant really say much...

Posted 2 years ago

I wonder if this is true, probably just talk but it would be quite.. interesting

Posted 2 years ago

i dont play sl and if what your friend said is true, i wouldnt be surprised bc both are the largest avatar based games. ownin' both would bring in alot of money and i think they would still be their own thing and not combine into one huge avatar game

Posted 2 years ago

I would be extremely surprised if SL bought any other VR game. SL just sold Sansar back in 2020, so they could focus on SL. SL has a history of selling off side projects to focus on SL more. Buying another one would go against their goals; unless they plan on cannibalizing IMVU's tech and then selling the used corpse after they are done taking whatever they need / want from it.

Posted 2 years ago · Author

Saikura wrote:
I wonder if this is true, probably just talk but it would be quite.. interesting

@Saikura

yeah....it probably is just talk...i always thought that SL was basically a competitor to VU lol

Posted 2 years ago

as a Sl player I honestly doubt it would happen

only cause SL is growing player base by the month compared to VU and lindenlabs not really the ones to buy another avatar based game when they cant update there own avatar game

Posted 2 years ago

Doubt it would happen as linden labs is trying to focus on gaining more users towards secondlife and improving the ease of making an avatar with new avatars that are mesh with bom to replace the classic ones which are old but if this were true I could only think how much the prices might raise on imvu lol.

Posted 2 years ago

051chute wrote:
Doubt it would happen as linden labs is trying to focus on gaining more users towards secondlife and improving the ease of making an avatar with new avatars that are mesh with bom to replace the classic ones which are old but if this were true I could only think how much the prices might raise on imvu lol.

or how much linden labs could make over all if they did buy imvu out but I agree on what you said

Posted 2 years ago

@ttvytangelofhype

Yes, I wonder what new features they would bring to.

Posted 2 years ago

So ... reading through some of the Second Life developer blogs; it does look like they are currently working on a mobile version of second life that looks extremely similar to IMVU mobile; to better compete with IMVU.

Product Requests

SL buying VU?

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!