Niche markets are good

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Niche markets are good

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Sure, there was a little pang of guilt, but......

I've been really looking hard at HTTR. The electronic download is $40. "It's supposed to be worth it," thought I.

Then I drove to one of the nearby malls to get stuff for my boys and found a boxed copy for $10 at Babbage's. Holy crap. $10?? So now it's installed on my PC and patched to the latest version.

Guess there's no market for wargames in Mansfield, Ohio.

Hurray for me!

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ORIGINAL: themattcurtis

Sure, there was a little pang of guilt, but......

I've been really looking hard at HTTR. The electronic download is $40. "It's supposed to be worth it," thought I.

Then I drove to one of the nearby malls to get stuff for my boys and found a boxed copy for $10 at Babbage's. Holy crap. $10?? So now it's installed on my PC and patched to the latest version.

Guess there's no market for wargames in Mansfield, Ohio.

Hurray for me!

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Frys in Canoga Park have the a few copies of the boxed HTTR version for $19.99, I already have it but its a steal at that price so guess what an wargame friend is getting for christmas ?

can I get a discount on COTA ? [:D]

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ORIGINAL: themattcurtis
Sure, there was a little pang of guilt, but......

There is no need to feel guilty. This is how the market is organised. You have the game at low price, lucky you.

It just crossed my mind that another good thing about niche market is that you can pay full price for an item and still be proud of it : having supported the devs and the hobby and so on. On large consumer markets I'd be called a l00zer ! [:)]

Anyway, current price for HTTR on Matrix Stores is still a very good price.
Oh ! And RdoA is still available at bargain prices elsewhere (store4war for ex.), just in case someone could be interrested.

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