Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 18:22:33 08/11/00
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On August 11, 2000 at 18:09:24, Fernando Villegas wrote: >On August 11, 2000 at 07:44:50, Vincent Diepeveen 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. >>> >>>Pichard. >> >>Apart from the fact that i don't give it a single % chance to finish #1 >>there, if you pay $500 entry fee, i'm sure Johan will participate. >>I guess that johan doesn't join because chessmaster doesn't pay >>his entry fee, otherwise he probably would have a shot at joining. >> >>$500 entry fee is quite a lot. I'm secretary of a big chessclub. >>We organize a lot of tournaments. With $500 entry fee i could live >>quietly the rest of my life. > > >Money is not the reason. 500 bucks maybe are a lot for you, but not for a >company. The reason is they are going to deliver CM8000 in a couple of months or >so they cannot take the risk to get even a second place. How much people could >be disappointed because of that and instead of purchasing CM would purchase the >winner? OK, not too many people as much CM aims to mass market, that does not >even knows about the tour, but even so why they should expend even just 500 to >lose only 10 customers from the professional niche? For what? >Fernando Chessmaster's sales figures would be affected essentially zero by the King not doing well in the tournament. I think that Mattel Interactive probably just doesn't care about it. Dave
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