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- From: andy@hpsmo100.rose.hp.com (Andy Young)
- Subject: Re: cd-roms cheaper?
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- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 15:17:48 GMT
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- larsen@meena.cc.uregina.ca wrote:
- >I sort of agree with the first quote. I do not believe that the price
- >of CDs will drop very much below the price of the the typical floppy price
- >right now. However, I think that it will eventually be considerably cheaper
- >than the floppy price! With the advent of twenty-disk games, the price of
- >the media is becoming a significant factor in the production of software,
- >as it is on game systems like the SNES. It is to the game company's advantage
- >to have everything priced this way. They should sell more, because they won't
- >have to worry about piracy, and it's cheaper for them to physically make.
-
- I disagree. If CD-ROM ever becomes the 'standard' (I'm not sure if it will,
- or if DCC or the new compact CDs will hop over to the Computer world), prices
- won't drop, the excuse will change... A 150 MB game costs lots more to
- design, and will therefore be priced higher. The price of the media isn't
- that big a factor in the price of a game. A two disk game currently costs
- the same as 12 disk game. The piracy issue (as far a cost) has been addressed,
- and disproved IMHO, in other posts.
-
-
- Andy.
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