I have to comment on this, and if I knew how to set up a poll I would. Maybe someone will after reading this. I think this is an important issue to the sim community in general, because I read that gaming companies don't make any (or not enough) money on simulations any more as compared to other "games". Therefore, the sim future does not look too bright.
I have been a sim fan as long as i have owned a puter, and am really more of a flight sim guy than a subsim guy, although subsims are a very close second. I have many simulations and must admit my favorite all time sim is Falcon 4.0, in all it's incarnations. I have literally thousands of hours in Falcon alone. Probably at least 3000 hours if I figure in all the times I started over without saving my logbook or just discarded the mission in order to do it over. Anyway, even if I go with 1000 hours, with a cost of $40.00, I only paid about 4 cents an hour. That's damn cheap entertainment!
My point is.. how much are we, "The Community", really willing to spend on a well done simulation. I personally would have no problem spending $100.00, or more. I strongly believe it is vital to the sim communities' future survival, that we let companies know how much we love our simulations. If they are not made aware, the future looks pretty bleak. How much are you willing to pay?
Last edited by Soundman; 06-15-07 at 07:37 PM.
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