For me it suggests that second life is slowly going down hill.. my sales are not as busy as they used to be and my store has been going for 10 years.
i think there profits are falling from lack of members now in the game as used to be.. hence why the price hikes. Just like in worldz that died , there was not enough funding in the end.
I miss the old days when the population was busy. and economy was booming. If only second life had another media boost like it did back then .