Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Westy MOL on September 10, 2001, 02:26:00 PM
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I've enjoyed Dogfighter for quite some time now. Since day one really. Phaetn did a wonderful job of running the site after Rafter departed but I think this latest change spells the end of DF as an objective flight sim/game info news site. All kidding and comments about WB 2.76 winning the sim of the Year 2000 award ;)
It may not be a "pay" subscription they're going to but with DF being a bed partner with Playnet (they're definately more than a host providing service now) and now having to subscribe is more than I for one want to have to handle when superlative sites like SimHQ offer the same, if not more, for the price of a simple mouse click.
http://dogfighter.playnet.com/briefs/show.php3?brief=1000145495 (http://dogfighter.playnet.com/briefs/show.php3?brief=1000145495)
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Westy
Westy
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I think that most of these free simulation reviewing sites like Dogfighter.com and others will probably be going to a subscriber base of some form.
I hate to see it happen but the economics of the matter are that not enough people click on the ads to generate revenue to keep the site free.
I hate to see the sites head down the road they are on but it is inevitable.