ORIGINAL: NightOne
ORIGINAL: aviti
There are $100 sims available. AFP (not deluxe) was and may still be available for $100. The physics in that sim are every bit as good as the Deluxe. You can learn just as much on it. If its not still availbale new, then get it used on E-bay. But there are plenty of people willing to pay $200 for the latest sim so you can say the price is too high. The fact that people buy them for $200 says otherwise. If you are right, then the price will come down or they'll go out of business for lack of sales.
Hey, there are people willing to pay $1000 for a baseball, $10,000 for ringside seats to a mediocre boxing match, and $49.95 to watch a WWF PPV. I'm not one of them. So saying that the price isn't too high because you can find someone to pay it doesn't mean anything. Some celebrities pay $3000 for a purse. Does that mean Wal-Mart should markl all their purses to $3K?
My original point is that $200 is to high for these flight sims. I said $99 would produce more sales and the cut in price would be made up in volume. I neve said that there are not people out there who will not pay $200 for one. I'm sure there are people out there who would pay $495 for the software. Would you feel the same if the price was $495. What about $995?
ORIGINAL: aviti
As for the delays, if you can't deal with it, then buy another sim. I have AFPD and G3, both are awesome. I will buy FS One when it comes out as well....I can't think of a better use for my my new $200 graphics card....
I didn't compain about release dates. Someone else did. (maybe this part wasn't directed at me)
NightOne - I respect your opinion but the sales of these $200 sims suggest otherwise. Honestly I think the system requirements are a bigger obstacle for most people than the $200 price tag. Again, the orginal AFP that costs $100 is a great sim and runs on many older computers.
If the price were $495, then very few people would buy it in my opinion. At $995, even less would buy it. But basic supply and demand economics shows the price is right. If more people agreed with you, then sales would be slow. If they were making am absolute killing on the software, then other developers would see this and come in with a comparable sim for a lower price.
A guy was selling plane covers for 100+ dollars. Some guy complained that the price was too high. If he thought so, why didn't he start a business sellling the plane covers at half that price for the same product. If you think you can sell a sim like AFPD, G3, FS One for $100 and make money, why not do it. If your are right, you'll be the one to profit and the others will be left in the dust....