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Originally Posted by Baby Ruth
And you think that nothing has changed since you started playing? As a consumer, I believe that you get what you pay for. I'm not going to pay for a product that doesn't deliver something that is of interest to me on the thought that a corporate entity might take my money to eventually to give me something I'm interested in. Any computer is probably worth $10 or less if you can get an hour's entertainment out of it, but if I'm expected to pay full price for a yearly version then there'd better be something worthwhile in the update.
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Agreed. Supporting a product year in and year out is a good way of supporting a company, and certainly it is unreasonable to express major leaps forward every year. At the same time, however, at least some of the full purchase price over the years with more minor updates is made with the expectation that it is an investment in long-term fundamental development the product, especially when it simulates a field that has evolved a great deal over the recent years. If that evolutionary jump is not forthcoming, fine- but in that case the argument for paying the same amount for yearly iterations that was paid for the initial purchase of the fundamental product itself is at least open to question. In any case, there is so much subjectivity involved in how anyone answers that question- and all that really matters is that one is satisfied with his decision and accepts that it will be the weight of these individual determinations taken collectively that is the voice of market demand (and, consequently, what is supplied).