Wow - Page 2

Hamma · 2003-05-09, 05:48 PM

At least sony puts out a quality product.

Robot · 2003-05-09, 05:53 PM

Originally posted by d0rian
charge as much as a person is willing to pay for it....no mater how cheap it was for you to make that product. It just annoying to see so many kids willing to blindly pay that much. I wish they where as hardcore in hagling prices down as they are in playing the games.

It's cheap and it's an effective source of entertainment, there's no problem with people paying less than the cost of a movie ticket for some friday night fun

Happy lil Elf · 2003-05-09, 06:12 PM

You pay more than 12.95 for a movie ticket? Jesus man time to move

Robot · 2003-05-09, 06:54 PM

Originally posted by Happy lil' Elf
You pay more than 12.95 for a movie ticket? Jesus man time to move

I'm in Canada

Nekota · 2003-05-09, 07:03 PM

That would also argue that you only go to the movies once a month and on a good month I may go 4 or more time at $9+ a ticket then inflated candy and soda prices, factor in gas, and then you only get 1.5 - 3 hrs. of entertainment. Trust me this game is a bargain compared to a movie ticket.

BlakkyZ8 · 2003-05-09, 07:41 PM

I too live in Canada and 20$ is nothing to spend at the movies.

PS is cheap, cheap, cheap.

Matuse · 2003-05-09, 08:08 PM

Lessershade: I completely agree with you.

D0rian:

i've been in this field for quite a while. i know how much it would cost me to implement a server farm for a game like this.

Ok. Please break down the exact costs of everything. Now.

Please bear in mind that the 4 (?) servers currently running for beta are probably half of what will be up for release. So, make that 200 machines on release day. If the game is popular, 400 machines 6 weeks after that. Let us know how cheap it is.

Bluegold · 2003-05-09, 11:00 PM

On a previous note...

Wireless works fine for me now, though there were problems aplenty at the beginning - bad WAN signal and high latency. We eventually solved that using a new type of technology - a wall-plugged ethernet bridge per computer that sends the wireless signal from the router through the powerlines and through ethernet cables. Only getting appr. 450kbps but low lat. gameplay and steady signal