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What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« on: March 03, 2010, 05:32:26 PM »
We're going to move to a fixed price for version 2.
(It will no longer be name your own price.)

While you're a biased group to ask :), I'm curious what you think.

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2010, 05:48:54 PM »
$20-30 and equivalent

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2010, 06:33:19 PM »
No, it should be 15 dollars.

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2010, 08:18:57 PM »
20$  or
30$ double deal  ;D (one gift copy to a friend)



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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2010, 08:19:45 PM »
5 dollars or above, but less than 20 dollars.

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2010, 08:25:50 PM »
5 dollars or above, but less than 20 dollars.

For Dan to work that hard for a low price... No...

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2010, 08:28:19 PM »
15 dollars is reasonable, not 20!

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2010, 08:37:13 PM »
20-30.

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2010, 08:45:07 PM »
Why do people keep suggesting 20-30?

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2010, 08:46:39 PM »
Idk, maybe it's a good price!

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2010, 08:49:00 PM »
Its not. What if people don't have money?

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2010, 08:57:27 PM »
Then they should get a job.  ;D

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2010, 08:58:55 PM »
What if they didn't get an education because of the money? Then, no job.

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2010, 10:38:28 PM »
Summer job.

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2010, 11:20:23 PM »
It's a good question what it should cost. The more it costs, the less people will buy it. But I guess there's no shipment costs or something like that.
If it costed ten dollars, perhaps 100 would buy it. But if it costed 20 dollars, perhaps only 50 would buy it. Then it would be the same. I don't know where the balance point is.

I can say that I would pay as much as normal computer games cost. Perhaps I would pay 50$, but I wouldn't do that if I didn't know the program.

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #15 on: March 04, 2010, 07:50:37 AM »
It's a good question what it should cost. The more it costs, the less people will buy it. But I guess there's no shipment costs or something like that.
If it costed ten dollars, perhaps 100 would buy it. But if it costed 20 dollars, perhaps only 50 would buy it. Then it would be the same. I don't know where the balance point is.

I can say that I would pay as much as normal computer games cost. Perhaps I would pay 50$, but I wouldn't do that if I didn't know the program.

maybe dan should find the average money payed, then add a few $.

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2010, 08:03:39 AM »
Summer job.
What if you don't have the skill?

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2010, 03:49:25 PM »
It's simple to learn. Most likely somone has 30 dollars out there! Take out a bank loan if needed!

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #18 on: March 04, 2010, 04:46:45 PM »
It's simple to learn. Most likely somone has 30 dollars out there! Take out a bank loan if needed!
What if you can't pay the loan?

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #19 on: March 04, 2010, 05:02:45 PM »
Dude, you can stop now.

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #20 on: March 04, 2010, 05:19:26 PM »
It's the vicious circle.

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #21 on: March 04, 2010, 07:08:15 PM »
20$  or
30$ double deal  ;D (one gift copy to a friend)




This.

Maybe for holidays you can chop the price to like $10

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #22 on: March 04, 2010, 07:41:38 PM »
I say 15 or 20 bucks.

As for a people getting a job to make money, it's not so easy. Trust me, I know.

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #23 on: March 06, 2010, 09:58:01 PM »
The average is (by the way, I averaged people's requests if they had two or more, to only min and max if a range): $21.50

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #24 on: March 06, 2010, 09:58:51 PM »
20$  or
30$ double deal  ;D (one gift copy to a friend)



Actually, double deal would cost $40.

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #25 on: March 06, 2010, 10:06:14 PM »
But it's a deal! Not normal cost!

I say 25 dollars for US, then a double pack is 45! You get $5 off!

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #26 on: March 06, 2010, 10:08:09 PM »
21 dollars and 50 cents is the correct price for this.

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #27 on: March 07, 2010, 04:42:14 PM »
- The planetarium Starry Night cost $212.46,

- Framsticks ( a biological Evolution simulator ) cost $49 (or $25 for educational license),

- Astrograv ( a simulator much less sophisticated than the Universe Sandbox ) cost $59 !!!

- Gravity 1.3 ( a much less sophisticated simulator than Astrograv ) cost $15,00 !!!!!!!


And here are suggestions that the Universe Sandbox is expected to cost between $20 and $30 ( or less !! ) ?

The Universe Sandbox is a simulator with a unique quality that should not have a price lower than $50, I just think it would be somewhere around $80 !


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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #28 on: March 07, 2010, 04:50:09 PM »
- The planetarium Starry Night cost $212.46,

- Framsticks ( a biological Evolution simulator ) cost $49 (or $25 for educational license),

- Astrograv ( a simulator much less sophisticated than the Universe Sandbox ) cost $59 !!!

- Gravity 1.3 ( a much less sophisticated simulator than Astrograv ) cost $15,00 !!!!!!!


And here are suggestions that the Universe Sandbox is expected to cost between $20 and $30 ( or less !! ) ?

The Universe Sandbox is a simulator with a unique quality that should not have a price lower than $50, I just think it would be somewhere around $80 !


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80 dollars is too much.

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Re: What should Universe Sandbox 2 cost?
« Reply #29 on: March 07, 2010, 05:09:28 PM »
I would agree with APODman but to be competitive with others - being a little cheaper isn't always bad.