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Niche markets are good
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:02 pm
by 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!
RE: Niche markets are good
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:01 pm
by sterckxe
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!
Drug dealer trick - once you're hooked you'll buy Conquest of the Aegean at full price [:D]
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
RE: Niche markets are good
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:14 pm
by oi_you_nutter
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]
RE: Niche markets are good
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:44 pm
by JeF
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.
Cheers,
JeF.
[edited because I was repeating the same thing as the original post]