Is Aces High Worth Buying?

[mERv]

Does Aces High possess the capability of improving with a whole new updated version?  Would that appeal to present day gamers?  Can a WW2 based combat flight simulator compete against missiles and jet aircraft?

Hypothetical:

Would an existing player who had the money be able to buy the game, hire a team of programmers, and market Aces High 4?

or,

Will Dale sell the game to a gaming company?


This is the real question pertaining to all the comments and suggestions for the game.


If I had the money, then I would buy the game and hire programmers plus start marketing the new version.  That's me.  I once started a topic on the players buying the game over a decade ago for a million dollars.  Dale responded X 5 for the amount.  What would be the asking price now?

If I remember correctly he expects the game to last another 10 years. A year or two ago he said he would sell for 1.5 million USD.

[mERv]

Math must not be a strong point of yours.

HiTech

   GOT EM 

[mERv]

LOL!!!! true, but it was all made up numbers anyway but it still proves the point I was trying to make...... Why sell? Its still a good income..... even if my numbers came up $20k shy   

I think your sub-conscious was calculating taxes and overhead you just forgot to add that to your comment 

[The Fugitive]

I think your sub-conscious was calculating taxes and overhead you just forgot to add that to your comment 

LOL!!! Hitech has his issues (spelling), I have mine 

[AKKuya]

If I remember correctly he expects the game to last another 10 years. A year or two ago he said he would sell for 1.5 million USD.

If that's true, then a Go Fund Me campaign is possible.

[uptown]

Y'all could drive over to Grapevine with an investment check. 25 yrs and the price to play has never went up. The price for everything from then to now has doubled in price and the man lost all his staff. Making maps, skins and videos don't pay the bills. 

[mERv]

If that's true, then a Go Fund Me campaign is possible.

 

https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,411045.0.html

 

[Animl-AW]

Y'all could drive over to Grapevine with an investment check. 25 yrs and the price to play has never went up. The price for everything from then to now has doubled in price and the man lost all his staff. Making maps, skins and videos don't pay the bills. 

The thing doone are meant to draw some players. Its at no cost. My goal wasn’t just more players but also more revenue to afford something. <shrug>

[uptown]

Or double the subscription price so it'd be an ongoing source of revenue instead of a one time donation. 

Ya can't milk a cow for 50 cents a day forever. At some point the cost of feed goes up.

[Randy1]

When generations start being replaced by following generations, what is important changes as well.

You can even see it on antiques road show.  You see the shift in what is valuable now vs twenty years ago.  Even old farm  tractors value has changed.  As our generation declines so does what we thought was something that needs to be preserved no longer is considered important.

WW2 interest is mostly left to the historians as we die off.  911 is soon to follow I am sad to say.

Sadly too as all of this slips away under the cry new apps are for the cellphone glued to the eyes of the recent generations.   Equally as sad is the term "Smart Phone" in the hands of those that are so poorly educated.

AH is only valuable to us still alive  from our generation.   The good news is  we still like blowing each other up.  That is not going to change as  long as we can hold a joystick inside our finger's grip.

[AKKuya]

Punching some simple numbers in the calculator, I used a monthly subscription of 5000 players.  That totaled $75,000.  5000 subscriptions is a good goal.

Minus taxes and maintenance/overhead, maybe $30,000?

What would the going salary of a good game developer cost?  $5000 per month?  4 game developers could be possible.

Hire two marketing employees to handle viral content and be social influencing.

It would be possible to gain traction.

[Animl-AW]

Punching some simple numbers in the calculator, I used a monthly subscription of 5000 players.  That totaled $75,000.  5000 subscriptions is a good goal.

Minus taxes and maintenance/overhead, maybe $30,000?

What would the going salary of a good game developer cost?  $5000 per month?  4 game developers could be possible.

Hire two marketing employees to handle viral content and be social influencing.

It would be possible to gain traction.

IMO, you should deep research current available players in the genre in top 3-5 sims.
The way I see it, its caught in a catch 22. Its due a graphic upgrade, to pay fir that you need a minimal count to afford it, yet its hard to draw them in with aged graphics to get that number.

Therefore, ya need an investor who will gamble on it. Then you can start to lose control of it. It’s totally “possible”. But our first example 25 yrs ago was not a positive turnout.

Any upgrade would need to be significant enough to draw from those top 3-5 sims. You already have a better game play.


Fleeting thoughts

[LCADolby]

AcesHigh is worth buying. HiTech's creation deserves to outlive us all.

[Dadtallica]

AcesHigh is worth buying. HiTech's creation deserves to outlive us all.

$1M-$2M would be a fair asking price, he would probably be negotiated down quite a bit. Would all depend what someone wanted it for. Wonder if the combat pilot crew has ever made an offer.

[LCADolby]

$1M-$2M would be a fair asking price, he would probably be negotiated down quite a bit. Would all depend what someone wanted it for. Wonder if the combat pilot crew has ever made an offer.

I looked behind the sofa cushions and failed to find such a sum. Low personal living expenses/needs, meaningful efforts to improve the game to keep it running and more passion to keep it alive than the next man is all I will ever be able to offer.