In my mind, 2D platforms will never win out over 3D platforms.
I have a beta account with Metaplace and I've never really bothered with it because it reminds me unfavorably of TSO. It seems "childish" and far too cutesy for me personally.
And it's 2D, which seems archaic and a step backwards. It might be easier to create your own world in the platform, but so what? It's still in inferior 2D.
I can see where it would appeal to the masses for its ease and surely someone talented will come along and make a profit from it by building a decent world but why would a really good 3D content creator bother with a 2D platform?
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Of course, as with any user-generated content system, the good creations are far outweighed by the bad. As Koster himself put it, "There are more than 25,000 Metaplace worlds, most of them are empty and most of them are crap."
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Sounds like a hearty endorsement to me