Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 02:50:31 08/11/00
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On August 10, 2000 at 23:23:04, Mike S. wrote: >On August 10, 2000 at 22:58:46, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On August 10, 2000 at 21:51:15, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>>It is a pity that with so many Chessmaster followers, the King Version 3.0 or >>>CM8000 beta will not be participatingin the WMCCC. >> >>While winning the overall tournament would win them sales, the chances of that >>happening might not be all that good. And realisticly, loosing would cost them >>sales. >> >>But if they don't participate, their sales are still assured, their market is a >>sure thing. If I were them, I wouldn't show up for something like that, it >>could turn out to be a big business mistake. > >On the other hand, if they would participate and not win, it would be more or >less the same as it will be: Another company can put the "World Champion" badge >on their boxes. Maybe, some will NOT buy Chessmaster because it doesn't >participate? It's not a sign of self-confidence after all. The safe part of >their market isn't influenced much by computer tournament results IMO. Chessmaster is not number 1 because of its strength, but because most people can afford to buy a good program which is rated just 30 or 40 SSDF rating points below number 1 for almost half of the price as: Fritz or Junior, Chess Tiger, Nimzo etc.. that is the real reason. Chessmaster has the best marketing strategic, low price for a wide and bigger market. Pichard. > >But in fact I think, they just want to save the money and time needed for a >participation. Furthermore, it even supports the credibility of a chess software >company, when they don't claim the program to be the very best of them all. So >they may think, what is a WCh title for? With it, we can't really claim that >either. > >Regards, >M.Scheidl
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