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Feb 12, 2001, 9:04pm

Hmm... I was checking out the prices of a world. $10 yearly for a P-10 with
5 users isn't bad, but really another $50 to add 5 users to the world? I
think it should be $10 extra per 5 user limit increase. What makes them so
pricey anyways? AWCOM says most everything (rights, usage of software, etc.)
is covered by the one-time liscense fee. And the worlds not even hosted
either, its running of your comp (from what I heard) so really your paying
to have people come to your comp. I'm not a world owner but I know people
who own worlds.

Feb 12, 2001, 9:35pm

AW needs to make money somehow, right?

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-Xero

Feb 12, 2001, 9:36pm

well ive complained to aw and they ignored me :P i had 500 saved up for a world
and when i noticed that i changed my mind...now ive gott over 500 bucks stashed
away somewhere...

[View Quote] > Hmm... I was checking out the prices of a world. $10 yearly for a P-10 with
> 5 users isn't bad, but really another $50 to add 5 users to the world? I
> think it should be $10 extra per 5 user limit increase. What makes them so
> pricey anyways? AWCOM says most everything (rights, usage of software, etc.)
> is covered by the one-time liscense fee. And the worlds not even hosted
> either, its running of your comp (from what I heard) so really your paying
> to have people come to your comp. I'm not a world owner but I know people
> who own worlds.

Feb 12, 2001, 10:21pm

yeah.. i think it's dumb too.. none of it is even saved on their computer..
i could see it costing more if they hosted the world, because it uses more
bandwidth, and if a lot is used it will eventually need to be increased
connection, which can be expensive.. but it doesn't... all they have to do
is enter it into the universe menu and click ok. then send the info via
e-mail.. i could see maybe it costing some money to make it more rare and
therefore "special" if you own a world..but seriously.. why does it cost us
so much when it costs them nothing?

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J B E L L
http://platinum.awjbell.com
G O I N G P L A T I N U M

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Feb 13, 2001, 8:54am

[View Quote] afaik, there is no real difference between a 50x50 world and one the size of
AW. It's just some numbers :-) Same goes for the user count. But they want
to make money, so if you get a larger world, you pay more. It's quite
expensive, though, indeed.

rolu

Feb 14, 2001, 7:29pm

Yeah I agree with you all, they need to make money somehow. But I think if
they lowered the prices then a world would be in reach for a lot more people
thus producing more sales.

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Feb 15, 2001, 9:46pm

Yea but that's also a risk, and AW never seems to do risks, as you tell by
the lack of changes in the way they run their business...

Feb 19, 2001, 7:05pm

Remember when they were updating activeworlds.com and you couldn't buy a
world until it was finished? Well I kept checking to see if it was
done,cause i wanted to get a world,when it was done and you could order your
world,I saw that there were only two types of world.So i took the first
one-8 users max(Instead of 5),same size,1 cit,IT costed a bit more.So i
ordered it.The next day i looked there again And it was back to normal-like
5 users max.

What was up with that?

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