ORIGINAL: NightOne
ORIGINAL: 50%plane
So, roughly 25% of folks would buy one for $100.
Roughly 5% regret buying a sim,
and 5% would never buy a sim.
Roughly 10% would buy something else for the money,
and roughly 55% of folks bought a sim for the money and most of them love it.
!!!!The end!!!!
Well that may be one way to analyze the numbers. I think there are some other things to look at though.
So in addition to what has been mentioned...
1. 64% of the votes are other than "great deal at $200". This seems to support my original argument that the current crop of flight sims are overpriced.
2. 25% of those polled would likely BE customers at $99. So sales would increase by 25% but net income would be $6336 (64 x $99) vs. $7400 (37 x $200).So this would be contrary to my argument that the magic price would be $99. The company makes more at current levels than at $99. (unless the could significantly increase volume - but the numbers don't support that) So on this point, I am wrong!
3. 32% of the people are price sensitive.
So to me it looks like although many agree that the pricing is not great, there are not enough people to make up the difference at a lower price point. Therefore, I would tend to think that the developers will keep current pricing levels intact unless there is drastic changes in the marketplace or competitive pressure develop to force them to do so.
So I think I was right when I said people don't like the $200 price point, but I was totally wrong in thinking that a $99 price point would draw enough volume to make up the looss of revenue for a price cut.
Or, you could look at it as being:
(roughly)
55% of folks bought a sim and love it!(if they didn't like it, they would have voted for the third option)
5% of folks are irrelevant here as they won't buy a sim
5% hate the sim
10% didn't want to buy a sim and bought something else.
and the rest are tightwads.