As good as this idea may be.....$1.3 million with regards to developing a high spec game in today's market with aspirations of taking on the big guns like EA Sports and WGT or even stealing a tiny piece of the pie is merely a drop in the ocean. $1.3 million will barely even touch the sides.
The average price of game production slowly rose from US$1M–4M in 2000 to over 5M in 2006 to over 20M in 2010....which is the likely reason Chad & Co sought venture capital funding.
WGT came in at the right time with a great idea offering a great chance to harness the online golfing / gaming community with a web browser based golf game on real life courses in HD graphics...therefore finding capital funding although no doubt it was still a stiff test....it's proved a gamble worth taking to all concerned and for all intensive purposes, it's paid off.
Perfect Parallel in my opinion have not only missed the boat by a long way but more importantly have shot themselves in the foot by not making it web browser based. Sure their graphics look great......but even these would have to be compromised by converting their game to being web browser based....letalone becoming a programming nightmare lol.
Where does the future of WGT lie?
I don't think it lies in sales of $5000 custom avs....but I'm sure with all the recent backlash, WGT will concede some kind of product in the upcoming update(s) in the Elite section that offers folks with a lot of creds to cash out. I said a month ago if gift cards don't go....be prepared to see the exchange rake increase...but that was only a forecast, whether or not it comes to fruition is another matter but I think folks would stomach a $200 gift card for 500,000 than a custom av for the same price.
Anyways back to PP........I think these guys will be no further forward this time next year, that's if they are still around at all.