Author: Micheal Cummings
Date: 21:58:49 03/28/99
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On March 29, 1999 at 00:41:20, Lin Harper wrote: >While we're on the subject, why don't the "professional"(did I spell that >right?) programs appear on the shelves of computer game warehouses, alongside >CM6K and the 'crappy' ones? Are they too snooty? Or is it that their prices will >appear a little out of line in comparison to the other games. Mindscape has the >better business approach to marketing a chess program, and will make a killing >now with these SSDF results! Because no one apart from die hard chess fans will buy them Okay In Australia this is how much chess programs cost that I know of Hiarcs7 $200 Fritz5.32 $129 Rebel 9 $199 (now that is funny selling Rebel 9 for more than Rebel 10) Rebel 10 $129 Shredder3 $180 M-chess Pro $220 Chess Genius $219 Socrates $135 Gideon Pro $135 Chessmaster 6000 $49 Now looking at those prices I have to choose from, which one do you think mummy and daddy are going to buy for their child that wants a computer chess program with some strength. ? which one in these hard economic time when most people are hard up on money do you think they will buy ? How many people want to buy the best or strongest they can get, simply because it is number one, what do you think they will buy ? Which one simply looks better than the rest to most of the mass market. ? Which one includes a tutorial on how to play chess from start to finish at no extra cost ? the Answer to these questions and many more for the mass market is CM6K
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