To HiThech about price issue

[Toad]

Can any of you Canadians give me the current price of a six pack of LaBatt's Blue or a six of Moosehead?

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[Karnak]

Tom666,
Read this thread about collisions.  It will explain why they HAVE to be done the way that they are done in AH.

 http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/Forum8/HTML/001047.html

Both die in a collision sounds good and fair until you realize that there are certain technological issues preventing it from being fair.

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We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother

Sisu
-Karnak

[hblair]

Tom66, go read this thread about collisions. There is much more to it than just wanting both planes to 'splode! on impact. There's this lil thing called *gameplay* to keep in mind.  

[TheWobble]

I dont know why people keep saying that if they lower the price all these idiots will come in.?? I wasnt aware that your ablilty to pay 30 bucks a month made you intelectually superior to someone who can only afford 20 a month...

"When was the last time we had an upgrade? Its been so long I cant remember. I think it was yesterday"

ya an "upgrade" that makes it possible to sink CV's with 2 rockets, and no "ship sunk" messages...

[BBGunn]

The old discount with increased time subscription would be fairer I think.  You know-$30 for the first month, $50 for two months-that type of thing.  Potential players could select a block of time in accord to their budgets.  

[BigGun]

 

Originally posted by J_A_B:
"Awww... how stupid can it be. $30 a month is $1 per day. Tell your whining friends to forfeit one can of pop per day and then they will be able to "afford" AH So sick of hearing the whiners acting like $30 a month is something they can't "afford". Hogwash... They paying $10 a month now, you can't tell me they couldn't afford an extra 66 cents per day to fly AH. What hogwash... so sick of hearing it. "

Apparently you have never been a college student working a full-time job on the side to pay for it.   Apparently you have never had to worry about making ends meet, where $30 a month DOES make a difference.  There have been plenty of times for me that $30 meant the difference between having my electric shut off.

If you have the money, I am glad for you.  But don't forget that not everybody is equally well off.  For a lot of people, $30 is a signifigant sum.  For the Canadians, $50 is even more of a burden.

You should put yourself in the other guy's shoes before needlessly flaming someone.

J_A_B

People have to make the decision as to whether or not they can afford it or if it is worth it. If $30 makes the diff whether you pay utilities, I would advise this game or any other game which costs money is not a good Idea. I am sure HTC is not trying to appeal the this part of the market. As a consumer you have a choice to either buy or not to buy. If you choice to Buy the service, don't whine about it.

[LJK Raubvogel]

The "it's only 1 can of pop a day" argument is BS. If they lowered the price, they could double or triple the subscribers from our squad. These aren't poor people, I had a fellow squaddie tell me "I make six figures, and I won't pay $30 a month just on the principle that it's too high in today's market."

Someday, competition will force the price lower, and that will be a good day for AH.

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[Baddawg]

Toad  a dozen  beer,Labatts/ Molson run s approx $14.99 here in the Province of Alberta not including the refund you get from recycle
 Moosehead is slightly more expensive.
 
Bare in mind that Alberta's beer prices are among the lowest in Canada.

 Drink more beer get more empties, return empties for refund ,use money to pay for AH  

[Westy]

 Didn't say "always" Bigjim.

 As for Wobble's post about intellect?  Your being here is proof of your own point.  But @ $10/mo only early grade school kids have a hard time coming up with that fee. And I can imagine thier quandry when they have to decide between a choice of Pokemon chips or flying AW/FA...  

   -Westy

[TheWobble]

i could afford the $30 a month but like many others I just feel it is a very inflated price given todays market.  Westy, I see yer point...i think, are what you are saying is that the $30 a month keeps less serious players out of the game?  I can see that line of thinking..and it does make sense.  I fly H2H with a BUNCH of others that to say the least are VERY serious, and they are not paying $30 a month for the same reason im not, its not that they arent serious its that they cannot justify paying $30 a month for it, also you have to take into consideration the folks with families who dont have just load of free time to play, they cant sit for hours every night and get their money's worth ($30)  
BTW I think $10 is too cheap, I was thinking around $20

[Toad]

Baddawg,

Thanks!

Using this page:  http://www.xe.net/ucc/convert.cgi

I converted $30 USD, the price of a month of AH, into $45.14 Canadian.

You're getting each Blue for $2.50 ($15/6) Canadian, so $45.14 of AH is costing you 18.05 Blues.

I'm getting a six of Blue here in Kansas for @ $6.00 USD, or a dollar each. Therefore, $30 of AH is costing me 30 Blues.

This just doesn't seem fair; any suggestions?

   

All in good fun, eh?  

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[Fariz]

shrug

I honestly do not understand what you are talking about. If $20 could be more profitable to HTC do any of you think that they would keep it at $30? I live in a country of 2.5 world, where average monthly salary is around $100, but I still think that game worth every single cent in that prise. AH just rocks, the game is unbelievable good, especially considering the size of the team that produce it.

[Pappy]

I pay 29.95 some pay less and if another sim comes out that competes with the price and/or performance that I get, I will give them my money and leave.
Competition, it's a wonderfull thing in tearms of cost and quality for the consumer, apples and oranges not required.

[RAM]

 

Originally posted by BigGun:
People have to make the decision as to whether or not they can afford it or if it is worth it. If $30 makes the diff whether you pay utilities, I would advise this game or any other game which costs money is not a good Idea. I am sure HTC is not trying to appeal the this part of the market. As a consumer you have a choice to either buy or not to buy. If you choice to Buy the service, don't whine about it.

I agree. Completely. At 100%. But the problem here is that HTC chose to give people who had left accounts for 10,15,20 and 25 bucks.

And me, who has been paying for 12 months now (360$), who has been supporting AH since day 1 of 1.0, with only a break of 30 days, I am still paying 30bucks.

SO your argumentation has no sense. There are people flying for 10 bucks out there. I dont see why do I have to pay 3 times that money.

[1776]

He heeeeee, SOS, different thread!!!

Ok, look at the number of ppl in the MA now as compared to pre 1.05!!!  I guess there are more ppl who think $29.95 is a good deal  

HT, raise the price!!!  I bet they will pay it    I look post 1.06 to having to stand in line to get into the MA at the current low price structure!!!

Ya just gotta love America   Ya just gotta love our sprit of Capitalism!!!  

My US $.02 or Canadian $.25 or European $2.50  

   

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