This is the part I don't get from "land rush" in digital worlds. Running out of land? Create new ones! Integer overflow? Build a new world! People can literally move across land/world just a click away, why the artificial scarcity?
Yes maybe it's forced by the backing company for monetary reason (scarcity = higher value), but there are many other companies that can build the same.
> there are many other companies that can build the same.
if facebook/meta grabs mindshare early, and fast enough, the network effect would mean that another startup cannot compete (without an extraordinary amount of luck or innovation i suppose)
Yes maybe it's forced by the backing company for monetary reason (scarcity = higher value), but there are many other companies that can build the same.