PBMs [was Re: Map Generator....]

From: graham@DELETETHISaffordable-leather.co.uk

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Hi there,

On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 08:42:29 -0800, "Terry Austin"
<taustin@hyperbooks.com> wrote:

>> Of course, the easiest way to convince a customer that they're getting
>>a superior product is to give them one, but that's not the goal of marketing.
>
>Presumes that customers are inherently stupid and
>incapable of telling good merchandise from shoddy crap.

Excuse me? Gerald Ratner made a lot of money doing that until he made
the mistake of actually admitting it!

Windows is, frankly, a lousy system, but it has been agressively
marketed which is why it is on the majority of computers.

However, to drag this back to the subject of PBM, have you ever played
"It's a Crime" from KJC?

To be honest it wasn't the greatest game by any stretch of the
imagination, there were games with more detailed settings, better
reports, a more useful command structure etc etc, yet it still managed
to be one of the most widely played and successful PBM.

The saying "if you build a better mousetrap the world will beat a path
to your door" is complete crap. It doesn't matter whether your
mousetrap is better or not, if you market it well it *will* sell.

>Lots and *lots* of people have lost their shorts
>making that assumption.

More people have lost their shorts thinking that just because they had
a great product people will automatically buy it.

>> For a perfect example witness Intel's marketing, especially during the
>> pre-AMD era.
>Marketing is irrelevant when you have a monopoly.

Not when there are up and coming competitors and you want to *keep*
that monopoly.

Cheers,
Graham.

References

Re: Map Generator....
gherbert@crl3.crl.com (George Herbert)
Sun, 23 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
Ed Chauvin IV <edc81u4@newsguy.com>
Sun, 23 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
"Terry Austin" <taustin@hyperbooks.com>
Mon, 24 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
Ilya <ilya@spam.free.gamecommandos.com>
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
htp@mac.com (Henry)
Sun, 23 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
Carol Mulholland <Carol@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 23 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
htp@mac.com (Henry)
Mon, 24 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: Map Generator....
gherbert@crl3.crl.com (George Herbert)
Sun, 23 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
Ed Chauvin IV <edc81u4@newsguy.com>
Sun, 23 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
"Terry Austin" <taustin@hyperbooks.com>
Mon, 24 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
Ilya <ilya@spam.free.gamecommandos.com>
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
htp@mac.com (Henry)
Sun, 23 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
Carol Mulholland <Carol@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 23 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Map Generator....
htp@mac.com (Henry)
Mon, 24 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000