Here's the New World Notes reader survey results for Linden Lab's just announced new region prices (slightly cheaper) and Premium subscription offer (slightly more per month, but for more benefits, including expanded group memberships). With about 250 readers responding -- a much larger sample than average! -- a strong majority (73%) are not any more interested in paying for an SL region.

Then again, that doesn't mean the discount announcement is a waste of Linden's time, because 11% are now much more interested in paying for a sim. Scale that 11% up to SL's active user base of some 500,000 users, and that'd be 55,000 new sim owners -- i.e. over $150 million in extra yearly revenue. (Or more likely, assume 1 in 10 of that 11% actually do get a sim -- that would still be $15 million+ a year.)

The survey results on the new Premium offer are just as stark -- and potentially promising: