EPTPrice of next GSTL - Page 27
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kaztah
Norway1221 Posts
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PartyBiscuit
Canada4525 Posts
"GSTL used to be priced at 4.99USD (with ads) for a 4 day tournament. With our new GSTL, which will be running for almost 3 months, you’ll get 25 full playdays for only 24.99USD (with ads)." It's just the illusion of paying more money. You technically paid 1.25 for 1 day in old GSTL, and now pay 1.00 for 1 day in GSTL (though the number of games is different so let's just say for the sake of argument...it's basically the same deal). | ||
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andytb
United Kingdom180 Posts
$10/mo seems to be a good price point for them, so maybe the option of a recurring subscription of $15 that covers both the GSL and GSTL would be a fair compromise. That's a total of $45/qtr compared to $55/qtr paying separately. A discount of $10 represents good value to the consumer, means GOM gets a more stable subscription base and means that most importantly the headline price is still probably around about a working person's impulse purchase threshold. It's also a nice upsell - "Why buy GSL this month for $10 when for only $15 you can also have GSTL" tldr; Maintain existing one off payment pricing for people who wish to watch only one league Offer a recurring subscription to all GOM leagues that is slightly less than paying separately | ||
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r_con
United States824 Posts
On June 22 2011 03:47 andytb wrote: PartyBiscuit, you're right about it being somewhat of an an illusion. However judging by the reaction, there's a need to keep the headline price low. $10/mo seems to be a good price point for them, so maybe the option of a recurring subscription of $15 that covers both the GSL and GSTL would be a fair compromise. That's a total of $45/qtr compared to $55/qtr paying separately. A discount of $10 represents good value to the consumer, means GOM gets a more stable subscription base and means that most importantly the headline price is still probably around about a working person's impulse purchase threshold. It's also a nice upsell - "Why buy GSL this month for $10 when for only $15 you can also have GSTL" tldr; Maintain existing one off payment pricing for people who wish to watch only one league Offer a recurring subscription to all GOM leagues that is slightly less than paying separately agree with this, even though I'm in the position to purchase this stuff, i just threw down 60 bucks( I don't like ads, and 60 bucks isn't gonna break the bank for me), it feels very odd purchasing all this at once. And i would be extremely comfortable with a subscription service. This comes up with some problems though the subscriber of one month would be able to watch all the VOD's of the tourney, or whatever. The issue is, would people taking advantage of the subscription system hurt sales in comparison to a one time buy? That is something I don't know. | ||
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Dimagus
United States1004 Posts
$12/$20 for the first 5 weeks of the regular season $12/$20 for the last 5 weeks of the regular season $8/$15 for the 3 weeks of playoffs ---- $25/$40 for the complete tournament | ||
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LetoAtreides82
United States1188 Posts
On June 18 2011 14:43 Irrelevant wrote: Cheaper than previous seasons of GSTL and no one ever complained about that. You mean it's cheaper per game. Still it is easier to afford $5 upfront than $25. | ||
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andytb
United Kingdom180 Posts
On June 22 2011 04:01 r_con wrote: The issue is, would people taking advantage of the subscription system hurt sales in comparison to a one time buy? That is something I don't know. I'm afraid I don't know enough about the field to put this in to numbers, however for example porn sites and print magazines clearly see the worth of having their subscribers tied in to a regular contract. I imagine the consumer thought process to go something along the lines of "<i>Oh well, I may as well have another month, I'm subscribed anyway</i>" | ||
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mierin
United States4943 Posts
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pallad
Poland1958 Posts
On June 17 2011 19:56 bwally wrote: Plus Gomtv quality is garbage. lol if you dont pay yes. Dont poste garbage post like that.. try to think | ||
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BlueBird.
United States3890 Posts
On June 21 2011 05:18 karpo wrote: Commercials would help with adding money for GOM but i'm pretty sure the amount of money Samsung and G.Skill are willing to pay for these commercials are nothing compared to overall production costs. Commercials on regular broadcast TV reach a much broader audience with everything from LCD TV's to toilet paper. SC2 fans are not the key demographic. And don't forget dvd box sales, those probably account for a huge part of the revenue from TV-series. It's just not feasible that your friend should just be able to watch any game from GOM for free. Even with ads it still wont cover all the costs. They should reduce price slightly, put commercials in. Then sell a GSL 2011 DVD box, with bonus video of interviews, special matches, team house tours, CODE B footage, and maybe even a few(very few) replays of some of the best matches of each tournament if the players agreed. I'd buy that as long as it had subtitles(I assume everything would be Korean, but I guess they could have a second version if profitable) | ||
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Perplex
United States1693 Posts
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vrok
Sweden2541 Posts
FUCK YEAH EPIC EXTENDED TEAM LEAGUE FORMAT EXACTLY LIKE WE ASKED FOR!!!! I don't know what price you guys are arguing about. I just pressed purchase instantly. You do realize that running a team league is more costly than an individual league, right? | ||
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Serpico
4285 Posts
On June 22 2011 16:23 vrok wrote: Voted other. FUCK YEAH EPIC EXTENDED TEAM LEAGUE FORMAT EXACTLY LIKE WE ASKED FOR!!!! I don't know what price you guys are arguing about. I just pressed purchase instantly. You do realize that running a team league is more costly than an individual league, right? I like to be extremely discriminating when making purchases personally. | ||
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Aberu
United States968 Posts
On June 17 2011 19:40 Niick wrote: Let me get this straight guys You will pay $5 for 4 days of play, but $25 for 25 days play is too much? Hey would you look at that, a dollar a day. before you were paying $1.25. Why hasn't this quote been edited or mod-edited into the original post, the original post is incredibly biased against it, and this fact is the reason I thought the pricing was quite good. | ||
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vrok
Sweden2541 Posts
On June 22 2011 16:25 Serpico wrote: I like to be extremely discriminating when making purchases personally. If you're that discriminating you will realize that it's actually more value for your money than the old GSTL format though so I fail to see your point. | ||
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justdweezil
United States186 Posts
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coolcor
520 Posts
On June 22 2011 16:39 vrok wrote: If you're that discriminating you will realize that it's actually more value for your money than the old GSTL format though so I fail to see your point. It's the exact same value if you do it by number of matches instead of days. I just don't think the group stage matches will be as exciting as the one week playoffs of the last seasons. I don't think any of the round of 8 matches from those were that memorable and we are going to get lots of games like those I think as the lesser teams play over and over again. | ||
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Sina92
Sweden1303 Posts
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sinjitsu_
Australia196 Posts
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vrok
Sweden2541 Posts
On June 22 2011 16:47 coolcor wrote: It's the exact same value if you do it by number of matches instead of days. I just don't think the group stage matches will be as exciting as the one week playoffs of the last seasons. I don't think any of the round of 8 matches from those were that memorable and we are going to get lots of games like those I think as the lesser teams play over and over again. I call bullshit. SlayerS vs oGs season 2 Ro8. | ||
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