Author: James Robertson
Date: 23:11:10 05/11/99
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On May 12, 1999 at 00:36:43, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: >With the large number of availble engines now availble for both Fritz & >Millenium Chess Genius, I can't help but wonder why they are so expensive. >$59.95 for Zarkov5, or Shredder3 or WChess, or $45 for Hiarcs6, (with Hiarcs7 >coming), or Junior5 (to be used in Fritz5, or the same interface). And then >there is the Chess opening books you can buy seperately. I guess only >relatively small books come with the program? Anyway, after having been >addicted to this buying this or that engine, opening book, training software or >whatever for several years now, I think it is a little too much for the maker's >of this stuff to want more than say, $15.95 per item, (about the price for a new >music CD), for any single one of these products. I mean, hell, maybe they really >do have enough of an extensive customer base (World Wide?), to still be making a >profit on this stuff, but I wonder, how many of us software addicts! are there, >really? > >We've seen the average cost of a new playing program come down from around $150 >per program, (In 1992, I think), to around $50 currently. Can it be much longer >before supply and demand requires these prices to be much less that that, even >for the manufactuers to continue their product line. I don't suggest this out >of resentment, but more out of the realization that my desire to keep buying >these products will continue, even though I certainly don't use all of the >programs I have, or need all of the programs I want. And I do want to keep >buying to support companies like Rebel, but am always mindfull of my limited >funds - Opinions? > > >mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! Yeah, just as Dave said it is the size of the marker. For most programs, it is tiny. One of the differing examples is CM which has a huge American market, and so can afford to let prices drop.... James
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