A little Tank sim rant...

porphy · 04-29-09, 11:07 AM

I'll put in my favorite argument for not finding the pricing of SB Pro PE too high, and that is its second hand value.

I bought it when it was released in 2006 for 125$. I'ts been on my Hdd since. You can sell it second hand today for 90-100$. (one copy was sold on the forums for 99$ about a week ago.) That means this product cost me about 35 dollars over 3 years... hmm that is 12 dollars a year, if I decide to sell it. Heck, if esim decides to put the price higher I might get all my money back in the future!

If you don't like it at all, you can still sell it with no bigger loss than with buying and selling a mainstream game that you dislike. Conclusion: thinking it's overpriced is mostly an illusion. Taking the plunge and buying it leaves you in no worse situation than buying any other game.

What really is overpriced is the crap games that some developers sell in the 40-50 dollar range, which will be in the bargain bin in a few months, and with a big fat zero as second hand value.

cheers Porphy

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porphy Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 603 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I'll put in my favorite argument for not finding the pricing of SB Pro PE too high, and that is its second hand value. I bought it when it was released in 2006 for 125$. I'ts been on my Hdd since. You can sell it second hand today for 90-100$. (one copy was sold on the forums for 99$ about a week ago.) That means this product cost me about 35 dollars over 3 years... hmm that is 12 dollars a year, if I decide to sell it. Heck, if esim decides to put the price higher I might get all my money back in the future! If you don't like it at all, you can still sell it with no bigger loss than with buying and selling a mainstream game that you dislike. Conclusion: thinking it's overpriced is mostly an illusion. Taking the plunge and buying it leaves you in no worse situation than buying any other game. What really is overpriced is the crap games that some developers sell in the 40-50 dollar range, which will be in the bargain bin in a few months, and with a big fat zero as second hand value. cheers Porphy __________________ "The only remedy for madness is the innocence of facts." O. Mirbeu "A paranoid is simply someone in possession of all the facts." W. B.