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Old 12-15-2007 | 08:43 PM
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Default RE: WHY ARE FLIGHT SIMS SO EXPENSIVE?


ORIGINAL: opjose
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Count the number of AMA members and divide that by 1/8 and you'll have an average market share for the entire RC sim industry.

The figures are quite small and not likely to grow by leaps and bounds... growth over the past 20+ years has been quite linear.

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You nailed it, AMA members are 120000, 1/8 is 15000.

15000 potential customers is very small market, and there are 5 $200 simulators that are struggling for piece of it. It they lower the price, they will go belly up, because they can't afford to keep support staf, not to mention investing in new development.