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		<title>Stu: Created page with &quot; &lt;nowiki&gt;%cvideo#d010&gt;lucas&gt;operations&gt;results.1&gt;answer.18  87-12-28 17:42:20 EST  QUESTION: The average retail price of popular C64 games today is about $29.  Thinking about...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot; &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;%cvideo#d010&amp;gt;lucas&amp;gt;operations&amp;gt;results.1&amp;gt;answer.18  87-12-28 17:42:20 EST  QUESTION: The average retail price of popular C64 games today is about $29.  Thinking about...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt; &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;%cvideo#d010&amp;gt;lucas&amp;gt;operations&amp;gt;results.1&amp;gt;answer.18  87-12-28 17:42:20 EST&lt;br /&gt;
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QUESTION:&lt;br /&gt;
The average retail price of&lt;br /&gt;
popular C64 games today is about&lt;br /&gt;
$29.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thinking about the Habitat disk and&lt;br /&gt;
manual, what do you expect this&lt;br /&gt;
software package to cost? Please&lt;br /&gt;
press F7 to respond to this&lt;br /&gt;
question, then type in one of the&lt;br /&gt;
responses below.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Over $25&lt;br /&gt;
$20 -- $25&lt;br /&gt;
$15 -- $20&lt;br /&gt;
$10 -- $15&lt;br /&gt;
$5 -- $10&lt;br /&gt;
Less than $5&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Celebrindl&lt;br /&gt;
$10-$15&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  CLB&lt;br /&gt;
over $25&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  HaagenDasz&lt;br /&gt;
$10-$15&lt;br /&gt;
It&amp;#039;s one thing to pay $29 for a game&lt;br /&gt;
and be able to play it at no further&lt;br /&gt;
cost...it&amp;#039;s another to pay $29 and&lt;br /&gt;
have to pay 8 cents a minute to play&lt;br /&gt;
on top of it..no matter what the quality&lt;br /&gt;
of the game.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  John Apple&lt;br /&gt;
$10-$15&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Chris NH&lt;br /&gt;
$10-$15 (note that people don&amp;#039;t have to&lt;br /&gt;
pay each time they play a &amp;quot;regular&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
game that they&amp;#039;ve purchased.)&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  rjscott&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Since it was advertised about a year&lt;br /&gt;
ago as potentially selling for under&lt;br /&gt;
$15.00, it might be a bad move to make&lt;br /&gt;
the price higher at this time. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Especially if consideration were made&lt;br /&gt;
re: the projected date(s) of its&lt;br /&gt;
availability.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If marketing feels that the online&lt;br /&gt;
cost of .08 per minute won&amp;#039;t go over&lt;br /&gt;
well, perhaps part of the cost of&lt;br /&gt;
production ::could:: be made up by&lt;br /&gt;
charging more for the product, but I&lt;br /&gt;
think this wo`00uld be a wrong move.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I`00think it should sell for &amp;quot;under $15&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
as was advertised last year.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Doug Ba&lt;br /&gt;
$20 - $25&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Mysterio&lt;br /&gt;
5 to 10 dollars...&lt;br /&gt;
be reasonable...other games don&amp;#039;t cost&lt;br /&gt;
you extra to play once you purchase them&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  OSGOOD&lt;br /&gt;
$10-$15&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  GRANNY1&lt;br /&gt;
Over $25&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Eric&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
  $10-$15 and here&amp;#039;s why:&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
  Most people buy a $29 package to&lt;br /&gt;
  play and do just that, play it.&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
  There are no other costs (usually)&lt;br /&gt;
  incurred by its use.&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
  With Habitat, I think you should have&lt;br /&gt;
  the price relatively low as not to&lt;br /&gt;
  discourage those who complain about&lt;br /&gt;
  plus time. You have to consider that&lt;br /&gt;
  their cost does not end at $15.&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  QWOP&lt;br /&gt;
$15-$20&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Chameleon&lt;br /&gt;
$15-20. Possibly it should be  more, but&lt;br /&gt;
I think that&amp;#039;s what people will pay.&lt;br /&gt;
This is different than going into a&lt;br /&gt;
store, buying a disk, and playing it&lt;br /&gt;
until the dog chews on it. People who&lt;br /&gt;
buy the Habitat disk are also going to&lt;br /&gt;
have to pay to use it.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  WoodDragn&lt;br /&gt;
I&amp;#039;d say $15-20...and not that it is&lt;br /&gt;
not worth more.  People won&amp;#039;t be&lt;br /&gt;
willing to pay a full price for the&lt;br /&gt;
disk knowing that they&amp;#039;re going to be&lt;br /&gt;
charged 8 cents/min. each time they&lt;br /&gt;
play the game.  So that reduces the&lt;br /&gt;
price you&amp;#039;d probably be able to charge&lt;br /&gt;
and most people would swallow.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Dragonfish&lt;br /&gt;
$15-20&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  RAOULTFOOL&lt;br /&gt;
5-10 because of the per second charge!&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Lady Beau&lt;br /&gt;
$15 to $20..&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Ks Lass&lt;br /&gt;
$20-$25&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  LynnS6&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
 $15-$20&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Cimaron&lt;br /&gt;
$5-$10&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  SaltheartQ&lt;br /&gt;
10- 15 dollars&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Kelly Daze&lt;br /&gt;
$5-$10&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Becky&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
 $15-$20&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Gary  M&lt;br /&gt;
$15 - $20&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Del March&lt;br /&gt;
$15 - 20&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  DragonFyre&lt;br /&gt;
Seriously...being a QRJ and seeing the&lt;br /&gt;
Casino disk go from $8 to nothing....&lt;br /&gt;
How long will the Hab disk be at it&amp;#039;s&lt;br /&gt;
price?&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;br /&gt;
I don&amp;#039;t think that the disk should be&lt;br /&gt;
more than $10 in any case...It shouldn&amp;#039;t&lt;br /&gt;
cost more than the signup for Q...&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  AGGIE&lt;br /&gt;
This would depend on some things...&lt;br /&gt;
Like Would manual and disk be the same&lt;br /&gt;
type as casino? or Q-Link software&lt;br /&gt;
packages? Then it would have to range&lt;br /&gt;
in that price range.&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
If the manual and disk is much more&lt;br /&gt;
involved then the price would be higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  SkyLine&lt;br /&gt;
$20--25.&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Elven Mist&lt;br /&gt;
$20-$25&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  StephenT3&lt;br /&gt;
:&lt;br /&gt;
  $15 - $20 considering the&lt;br /&gt;
additional expenses to be incurred.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Steffie&lt;br /&gt;
$20-25&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Onyx&lt;br /&gt;
over $25&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  JoeyT1&lt;br /&gt;
20$-25$&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Paul H&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
 You pay as you play, therefore the&lt;br /&gt;
 software package should be as&lt;br /&gt;
 inexpensive as possible.&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
 5 - 10 Dollars&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  QZOOKEEPER&lt;br /&gt;
$5 to $10&lt;br /&gt;
I don&amp;#039;t think folks would like paying&lt;br /&gt;
much for this.  BECAUSE, they will&lt;br /&gt;
be paying [ time each time they enter.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  frodob&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;$5&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Soundman&lt;br /&gt;
 $ 20 - $25.00&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Rhapsody&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;br /&gt;
 20 - 25 dollars&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Og1&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
Over $25&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
  As in the Casino disk.... alot of&lt;br /&gt;
good programing is in there, and well&lt;br /&gt;
worth the price.&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  WOWW&lt;br /&gt;
5--10&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  SandraS&lt;br /&gt;
$10-15&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Greg P&lt;br /&gt;
$10-15&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  beren&lt;br /&gt;
$20 - $25&lt;br /&gt;
maybe more...&lt;br /&gt;
We need to make it seem valuable.&lt;br /&gt;
Maybe a higher prices but have lots&lt;br /&gt;
of special giveaways to user groups &lt;br /&gt;
and such....&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  IggY VoiD&lt;br /&gt;
$15&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  DeanD&lt;br /&gt;
$10-15&lt;br /&gt;
.&lt;br /&gt;
They would still have to use QLINK, so&lt;br /&gt;
I think a more modest price is in order&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Sky Dragon&lt;br /&gt;
$10-15&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  THE WALL&lt;br /&gt;
$5 -- $10&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Fleximan&lt;br /&gt;
$20 - 25&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  GoldenWolf&lt;br /&gt;
:&lt;br /&gt;
 $10 -- $15&lt;br /&gt;
:&lt;br /&gt;
 Comment: Beta Casino disks were being&lt;br /&gt;
 traded before the Casino went live.  I&lt;br /&gt;
 expect this will happen again with&lt;br /&gt;
 Habitat.  I suspect the best strategy&lt;br /&gt;
 would be to get out the disks at cost,&lt;br /&gt;
 and make the profit in volume of time&lt;br /&gt;
 spent online.&lt;br /&gt;
:&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  EileenC   &lt;br /&gt;
10 to 15$&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Ariana1&lt;br /&gt;
Over $25&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Bonnie&lt;br /&gt;
:&lt;br /&gt;
 $5-$10     (remember they PAY to PLAY&lt;br /&gt;
             each time they use it.)&lt;br /&gt;
:&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  John L&lt;br /&gt;
$5 to $10  (since the revenue will come&lt;br /&gt;
            from online time)&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  AndrewG2&lt;br /&gt;
10-15&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  ICwhatUmin&lt;br /&gt;
$20-$25&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  ribbit&lt;br /&gt;
10-15 tokens&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Laser Gyro&lt;br /&gt;
Less than $5&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  YvonneC&lt;br /&gt;
$15 -$20&lt;br /&gt;
   Remember you&amp;#039;ll always incur the Plus&lt;br /&gt;
charges as well.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mail to:    habitatq18&lt;br /&gt;
Mail From:  Caterwaul&lt;br /&gt;
$5 to $10&lt;br /&gt;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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