Jxspyder Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) Actually supply and demand is contrary to what youre saying. The more popular the game is, the longer it should stay at full price. That is why every game in the world drops its price as it gets older, and less popular. That is economics. Your statement has been disproven multiple times already. Point of fact, Amazon disproves it with nearly every major launch. 4th of July sales, President's Day sales, (Insert holiday here) sales, hell Black Friday...the single biggest retail day of the year...all disprove it as well. For that matter, you should probably educate yourself on what exactly Amazon's Gold Box sale is, before you try to lecture people. You'll look much less ignorant. Edited March 1, 2012 by Jxspyder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathid Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Better order soon only 11 left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subrosian Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Better order soon only 11 left. Already sold out. Amazon sells out of SWTOR... the game must be dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knewt Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 But but, the game is in great health and all, 2 mill subs and raising amirite? Inb4 the fanboys dismissing it as a non event. 1.7 million. They lost 300K before reporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinku Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Okay, let me get this straight Mr. Economics... My product is selling really well for $50.00, so, I decide to put it on sale for $40.00? How does that make any sense at all? Why would I sell something for less than what people are willing to pay? Um... sales are usually associated with clearing stock, trying to move items that aren't selling at regular prices. Have you ever worked retail? any job? Sales are not associated with clearing stock all the time. You have no clue what you are talking about. Sales are an incentive to get people INTO a store to buy that item and other things in addition to that. It's no different for Amazon. Stop filling the forums with silly lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azzras Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 1.7 million. They lost 300K before reporting. And was the highest retention rate of any MMO....ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink_Saber Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) Are there people who honestly don't get the idea of a loss leader? A lot of companies do this: Mark down a popular item in order to get people to shop with you, in the hopes that they'll also buy other items. Every major retailer does this, and does it regularly. Anyone who takes this as a sign that TOR is in trouble just doesn't have a clue how retail marketing works. Edited March 1, 2012 by Pink_Saber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevalaricgirl Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Have you ever seen an Apple product on sale? Absolutely. I got my husband's touch on sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlacke Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Already sold out. Amazon sells out of SWTOR... the game must be dying. Clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink_Saber Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) Absolutely. I got my husband's touch on sale. Not only that, but the guy posts "have you ever seen an Apple product on sale" as if they haven't had some products that absolutely tanked. Someone needs a firmer grip on reality. Yes, Apple products go on sale frequently at verious retailers, and no, they're not all goldmines. Some of them flop. Claiming otherwise just shows someone's got no clue at all what he's babbling about. Edited March 1, 2012 by Pink_Saber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlashbios Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I got my husband's touch on sale. And how much does he charge to touch people ? Sorry. Just had to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighty Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Holy moly, this topic has some seriously angry people over a sale. It's like they've never done any holiday shopping or know what Steam is, or Amazon Goldbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmerus Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Not only that, but the guy posts "have you ever seen an Apple product on sale" as if they haven't had some products that absolutely tanked. Someone needs a firmer grip on reality. Yes, Apple products go on sale frequently at verious retailers, and no, they're not all goldmines. Some of them flop. Claiming otherwise just shows someone's got no clue at all what he's babbling about. Actually you have no idea what you are talking about. The profit margin on the apple products is huge compare to other products by other companies. So when their products goes on sale they still make lots of money. Claiming otherwise just shows you got no clue at all what you're babbling about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azzras Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Actually you have no idea what you are talking about. The profit margin on the apple products is huge compare to other products by other companies. So when their products goes on sale they still make lots of money. Claiming otherwise just shows you got no clue at all what you're babbling about. I'm really surprised that people spend so much on sub-par equipment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordRichardEW Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) Actually you have no idea what you are talking about. The profit margin on the apple products is huge compare to other products by other companies. So when their products goes on sale they still make lots of money. Claiming otherwise just shows you got no clue at all what you're babbling about. I don't think that was the point we was trying to get across. It was more to point out that the person he quoted was wrong in saying that an apple product never goes on sale. Edited March 1, 2012 by LordRichardEW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jxspyder Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Actually you have no idea what you are talking about. The profit margin on the apple products is huge compare to other products by other companies. So when their products goes on sale they still make lots of money. Claiming otherwise just shows you got no clue at all what you're babbling about. Actually, to turn a phrase, apparently you're the one with no idea what you're talking about. You just made a tacit claim that Apple has never had a bad product that flopped when it came to sales. This is utterly untrue, even though they do indeed have solid profit margins with most of their recent product. Perhaps next time be in less of a hurry to rush to the defense of a product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daygobag Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I work in sales. When a company reduces an item it can mean more then a few different things. one they have a ton of them in stock and want to move them cause they are not selling. two vender funded cost of reduction. IE the seller gets to recoup the lost money of each unit sold. And again usually do to lack of sales. IE BlackberryPlaybooks, and HP touchpads LOL Now this is software, there is no real markup on the product. There is no gross margin on software, well maybe a buck or 2. I personally think they just over est. the demand for the product and orderd a crap load of the units and need to unload to make room for more product Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiachsidhe Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) But but, the game is in great health and all, 2 mill subs and raising amirite? Inb4 the fanboys dismissing it as a non event. Doesn't take a fanboy to actually do some research: (scroll down and read the actual prices) http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=swtor&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=e2Q&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=640&bih=423&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=18056849755586376014&sa=X&ei=dhBTT9fJLIH1ggfvr-S_DQ&ved=0CFwQ8wIwAA Edited March 4, 2012 by Fiachsidhe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Touchbass Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 This pisses me off, I expect sales but literally this soon after launch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Urtani Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 EA has to make money from this game somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inixus Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 isnt 39.99 a normal price for this sort of game?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tservo Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 isnt 39.99 a normal price for this sort of game?. Did you buy yours for 39.99? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jxspyder Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 This pisses me off, I expect sales but literally this soon after launch? Another who sadly doesn't understand the concept of "24 hour gold box sale." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Touchbass Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Another who sadly doesn't understand the concept of "24 hour gold box sale." Honestly I'm with you, I'm an idiot (not joking). I'm new to computer games outside of WoW and WAR and I wish I knew these type of sales happened. I'll be checking more often, is this akin to .. what's it called ... steam sales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fungihoujo Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I saw that McDonalds was having a sale the other day on Hamburgers....must mean they are going out of business and everyone hates their hamburgers. /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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