Would you be willing to pay $50 a month?

[Saintaw]

hmmm, nope. Sorry. 30$ is a good price for me

[Ripsnort]

Did you all miss the "(Patiently holds the line steady, waiting for the slightest 'bump' on the line)" ???

Actually, the post is asking, would HTC benefit from having a MAC version?

[Uzzi]

Would it be worth it? Yea probably, could I afford that? No.

I don't think jacking up prices to $50 would save AH if it were in trouble, probably would sink it instead.

I gladly pay $19.99 though.... :-)

[Sunchaser]

....Grabs the hook,line AND sinker and pulls Rip off the dock into the waiting Jaws of his pet, very large shark!

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When did they put this thing in here and WTF is it for?

[rosco-]

  Actually I already pay 50 bucks a month. My last cc bill had a charge from htc for 54 bucks and some change.

 Sorry, but this is my limit as well. Any more and I would have to find another way to waste time, like online bingo or something.

[Lephturn]

Don't forget, Pyro and HT did Warbirds when it supported Mac, so they know very well what the additional costs and benefits are.  We can speculate all we like, but they've got experience to help them decide.  Obviously, it isn't worth doing.

Now as for Linux... not a chance.  What a complete waste of time that would be.  Linux is not even close to being a decent desktop OS.  It makes a fine server OS, but the lack of any standardization kills it as a desktop gaming platform.  You don't even have to get into it's tiny installed base.

Oh and btw, it's easy to grow your market share by huge % numbers when it's tiny to begin with.    Until Linux doubles Mac's market share as a desktop OS I don't know why anybody would consider it.  Nevermind the obvious problems with standardization that the Linux inherited from it's Unix roots.  IMHO doing anything other than pure Windows would be a complete waste of resources.  There isn't nearly enough folks out there running anything else to make it worthwhile.

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"A pig is a jolly companion, Boar, sow, barrow, or gilt --
A pig is a pal, who'll boost your morale, Though mountains may topple and tilt.
When they've blackballed, bamboozled, and burned you, When they've turned on you, Tory and Whig,
Though you may be thrown over by Tabby and Rover, You'll never go wrong with a pig, a pig,
You'll never go wrong with a pig!" -- Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"

[BigBen]

Problem 1- $50 a month is too high a price point for a monthly service.  Remember the average US consumer is already paying $20-$60 per month just for internet access.  That's a big chunk of change in total for online entertainment.

Problem 2- imagine trying to patch TWO platforms simultaneously at the pace HTC currently follows.  Either the response time will suffer or the rate of improvement & addons will slow down.  

Problem 3- imagine the warps we'll see when all of those "new" users try to furball through the smoke with their clunky iMacs.  I bet overall gameplay would suffer badly.

BB

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[Jimdandy]

I mind $30 but not enough not to pay obviously. But if your looking for donations to such a WORTHY cause well I'll pay $1000/month!   LOL! I think you got the big hook out today Rip. What are you fishing for. It looks like you have some bites.

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[Jimdandy]

AHHHHHHH!

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[Jimdandy]

oops

[CyranoAH]

Yeah, and let's start thinking about the XBox version, huh? XD

Daniel, aka CyranoDB

[1776]

I wonder if not having a MAC version would violate the American's Disability Act?

[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. Look at it this way, how much do you spend on you Car a month? How much do you spend in the Bars a month?

Dont go out drinking 1 friday night a month and your cost for AH is covered. These guys whining about the cost of AH and how it should be $10.00 are to lazy to stay indoor 1 night a month. AH offers more than any Flight sim on the market today.. I have no problem paying whats needed to keep this product going. Also $50.00 a month would most likely keep some of the idiots out that ive seen here lately.

In almost 7 years of flying Warbirds ive run into 2 people there that totally ruined the community.

In a little over a year ive seen 20 idiots in AH that dont belong in a community like this and they ruin it for everyone else. So those who say price doesnt make the difference are wrong.

Now that WBs has gone to flat rate, more and more idiots are logging in there now as well. To bad the Quakers are out numbering the simmers. Ive said it since Beta that flat rate was not the way to go. I still think hourly is the way to keep the simmers active and the Quakers out.

Dog out......

[Mighty1]

$50 a month is waaay to much for me. I can afford it but I couldn't justify it to myself.

AH do Mac?!! Are you nuts? Then we would have morons like ** to deal with everyday.


**= You fill in the letters of any 2 letter dick you know.

[Mighty1]

Wardog hourly rate only means the Quakies will only be on a few hours a month but you will see more of them on.

I never liked the hourly rate in WB and I wouldn't pay it here.

I used to hear the same stuff over in WB and it never did make sense. If a kid can afford $30 a month flat fee then why couldn't he be able to afford $30 worth in hourly fees?