Would you be willing to pay $50 a month?

[bigUC]

A one-time donation of $10 from everyone would probably buy the two remaining Mac gamers/simmers a decent PC each.  But NO WAY would I pay extra to keep desktop publishers/web surfers in the gaming market....
   

[AcId]

IMHO the amount of time and energy to produce a MAC ver. may not be worth the added subscriptions. Lemme put it this way I don't think there would be a enough new (MAC based) subscriptions to be able to justify the work, but thats just my 2 cents.

$50......I've been reading alot about the so-called pricing issue in these boards, frankly I could care less what the "business model" says, and what the prices you all are willing to individualy pay are. What matters to me is one thing and one thing only.
Can I justify it to my wife?
nuff said

[Gunthr]

I wouldn't have a problem with Mac people paying $50/month to cover the expense...

 
Gunthr

[AKSeaWulfe]

Oh sure Rip, all we need to top off the quitting threads and whining threads is MG and a bunch of his half wit children running around the arena.

-SW

[Ripsnort]

Please don't base all Mac pilots as the mold cast by our infamous MG!

I'm actually curious as to whether or not HTC will ever tap this market...

[DR00]

Since my younger brother ONLY has Mac's, he has had to stick with Warbirds. I know there is a sizable group of WBers who are Mac fanatics, question is how many would jump ship. While it would be worth it to me to spend a few bucks more for the pleasure of again whippin baby bro's butt again (I'm 48, he's 47), would suspect that HTC looked at the issue and concluded the investment wouldn't produce enough of a return. You would have to expect to lose some customers, which may exceed the number of Mac customers you would likely gain. After all, most "Mac-ers" are tighter than a bulls -ss at fly-time. That's why they continue to cling to the "beta-max" technology of the Mac. (ah the fun we could have pullin that groups chain)

[AKSeaWulfe]

 

Originally posted by Ripsnort:
Please don't base all Mac pilots as the mold cast by our infamous MG!

Oh, I'm not. I just fear that MG is capable of breeding and we'd see more MGs than we need to.
-SW

[Cobra]

 

Originally posted by Wardog:
I would gladly pay $50.00 a month for AH. My highest WBs bill was over $350.00 1 month.

If it a hobbie your interested in, you will pay the price for it.  
Dog out......

Dog, no one is stopping you from paying $50 a month now!!  If you would gladly do it, then by all means, pay HTC what ever you want over the $29.95.  

I'm not trying to be a wise a** here, but everyone who said they are willing to pay more to help HTC program, why don't you just do it anyway.  Why do you need  to stick to the monthly minimum?  Put your money where your generosity mouth is now.

Cobra

[K-KEN]

For my part, $30.00 is more than I have spent, most months, in AW.  In the early days for me in 1996, $100.00 was not uncommon.  I am not that addicted to AW or AH to go there again. I have a bunch of folks in AW who like the looks of AH, but can't even swing the cost now.  <well wont>  Some of my AW squad mates are here now, and I wish we could move lock, stock, and 20MM.  <we also have a large cache of rum and sheep>    
Our Canadian and non-US contingent of fliers are some of the finest folks around, they are Gentlemen, not troublemakers, and yet I wish that THEY could get a price break, considering the exchange rate.  Like in a previous reply, Canadians already pay over $50.00 a month.
   Scrap the MAC idea, it would, like many have said, be non-profitable.  Those of you who want to donate the extra $20.00 a month, then apply it to the foreign players fund.    
    Bottom line for me, $30.00 is max I can afford.  <can't really afford that, but make it anyway>  HTC under any other pricing..above that, will lose valuable customers and eventually needed revenue. IMHO.
My answer:  NO and NO

K-KEN

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[SOB]

 

Originally posted by Sancho:
...  That's what Miss Cleo told me anyways.  The cards never lie!    

Ok, not many would pay $50/mo for AH, but who would pay $50 to see Miss Cleo recieve a severe beating???  


SOB

[SOB]

Oh, and if the price was $50/mo, I'd still be playing...I'm not itching to pay more tho'.

As for charity, I bless HTC & thier customer base with my presence in the arenas and on this BB.  And really, isn't that worth more than an extra $20 a month?  

[Nash]

 

I think Aces High needs a Mac version to stay competitive, so, what if we all payed $50 a month to help HTC pay for a Mac programmer for a Mac version of the game?

Or how about just doing what I did? Get yerself a PC if ya wanna fly PC sims. Hows about THEM apples, eh? EH? I've got both computers now and everything is dandy. One I used to draw stuff on, and the other I use to blow stuff up. So anyways, like hell would I donate cash on top of all that for the Mac-only guys.

Good troll though Rip! Rolling the contentious but always entertaining issues as Macs and Pricing into one subject was a real doozy.... Suprised this thing hasn't  completely inferno'd..... yet  

[Quiet109]

 

Originally posted by Ice:
...if HTC could grow that much faster ie, more staff, better equipment, etc., I would gladly pay $50.00 a month.

I agree, although, I dislike Mac[intrashes] with a passion.

go for it

quiet

   

[This message has been edited by Quiet109 (edited 01-29-2001).]

[Moose11]

Doh! I swallowed the bait completely.

And here is a spin on this issue - how many people in here *got* the $10 or $20 a month feature? I haven't seen anyone own up to that but you've got to wonder if one of the people complaining about the price is one of the lucky few that HTC picked out of a hat.

[Maverick]

Pointless "poll"
As for me and $50.00, absolutely not

My cancellation would be sent upon notification of the increase.

Mav