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When are you adding more courses

Wed, May 1 2013 6:58 PM (88 replies)
  • grindalways
    166 Posts
    Thu, Mar 21 2013 7:08 PM

    Finally Some People With A Brains In Their Heads Responding To Comments

  • PaulTon
    10,731 Posts
    Thu, Mar 21 2013 9:22 PM

    grindalways:

    Finally Some People With A Brains In Their Heads Responding To Comments

    People With Brains In Their Heads Don't Write Like This.

     

  • andwhy67
    2,816 Posts
    Thu, Mar 21 2013 10:35 PM

    grade 1 to$$er!!

  • borntobesting
    9,709 Posts
    Fri, Mar 22 2013 1:14 AM

    pjctas0822:
    EA sports has been doing it for many many years and their game is a fraction of the cost this game is.

    A fraction of the cost??

    This is from an unbiased website that rates gaming sites. 

    Each available course has a "greens fee" - a certain number of points it costs to play. Premium courses will cost more, and so will only be available for play if you use one of the purchase options noted above. And, as also noted, a small number of courses have greens fees that match the number of points you automatically get for registering or upon your first log-in of the day (making those courses part of the limited-play free option). They didn't rate TWO very highly by the way.

    I believe that there maybe 2 courses that are free to play. 

    And their graphics are only slightly inferior to Tru-Golf. which as we all know are very inferior to WGT's photo based graphics. The sad part about EA sports inferior graphics is that their very first attempt at a golf game made in 1988 or 1989 for Dos had better graphics than they have today. The name of that game was World Tour Golf. Shoot even Links and Accolade software's David Ledbetter Greens had graphics that were as good as what EA Sports has now. 

  • alanti
    10,564 Posts
    Fri, Mar 22 2013 1:47 AM

    pjctas0822:

    Maybe WGT should use a platform that doesnt require course architect to be so intense and would still be able to shoot out awesome looking courses. EA sports has been doing it for many many years and their game is a fraction of the cost this game is.

    Yeah here we go its free to play lol what a joke because it isnt.

    I am certainly not closed minded and partially agree with you that a platform that doesn't require an actual course has some merit. However this would be a new change of direction and would probably require new technical staff who have the skills to do so. And whether this is the direction the company and majority of members wants to go is debateable.

    For me the beauty of this game and leaves others for dead is not only the realism of the courses but that they are real famous courses. Any digression from this, for me, will impact my enjoyment.

    We can play the tru golf courses which for me pale in comparison and quite simply, I do not enjoy them nearly as much, but they are an option.

    But all that said, we have had glimpses of what can be acheived from another compamy, so there could be a balance struck between real and a made up course.

    The downside of producing endless fake courses is will it attract more members, probably not a significant number, so from a financial perspective the costs (additional programmers etc) will rise and invariably, so will the cost for the end users.

    Is this game free to play, yes if you want to. No you will never compete but you can still enjoy the game (and I did this for a year with starters and still go back to them time to time) and after all, no one forces you to spend - its your choice.

     

  • opyeuclid
    6,710 Posts
    Fri, Mar 22 2013 5:48 AM

    pjctas0822:

    EA sports has been doing it for many many years and their game is a fraction of the cost this game is.

    Yeah here we go its free to play lol what a joke because it isnt.

    If all you want is a cheap fake looking game then you have a choice . Pick one .

    OPY

  • courteneyfish
    15,796 Posts
    Fri, Mar 22 2013 6:29 AM

    alanti:
     Is this game free to play, yes if you want to. No you will never compete but you can still enjoy the game..

    Are you saying I can't compete?

  • fairground11
    1,211 Posts
    Fri, Mar 22 2013 7:15 AM

    can somebody please tell me what irregardless means as i have never come across this word before

  • TarheelsRule
    5,566 Posts
    Fri, Mar 22 2013 12:21 PM

    I would love to see the financial statements that show that WGT is worth billions.

    One of the reasons that I play WGT instead of TWO is the realistic look and the high quality courses that are offered.   I would like to see WGT commit to producing 3 courses a year until we have a selection of at least a dozen real courses.   I don't want made up courses, that defeats the whole purpose of WGT, if you aren't photographing real courses that we can relate to, go back to Links or TWO or any of the cartoon golf sites.

    I think that WGT needs to do a better job road mapping their strategy for new stroke play and CTTH courses.  Maybe put out a 5 year plan, doesn't have to be 100% where they end up but I know most players would appreciate it and the input might help WGT.

    As for the $4.50 per sleeve golf balls, you don't have to buy them.  Generally in life the more expensive the better but  I get along nicely with balls that cost me about $1.50 per sleeve and have for a long time.  

    Someone also mentioned that WGT should supply the demand.  Not really, WGT has 5 million customers, if they were worth several billion dollars as also stated, then as a financial consultant I would say that you should charge more and offer less.  If you reached $2 billion with a few courses and people are really willing to spend that much for what you offer, you aren't pricing your product high enough.   That is not realistic, nor is the $2 billion value.  

    You will lose a certain percent of your customers each year, that just happens.  I find the same 25% of the people complain on WGT, threaten to quit, etc. all the time.  My view is do it, if you don't like WGT, if you think they are a scam, if you think they make too much money off of you, then pull the trigger on your account and go elsewhere.  If not let's work to help make WGT a better site. 

  • alanti
    10,564 Posts
    Fri, Mar 22 2013 1:40 PM

    courteneyfish:
    Are you saying I can't compete?

    Dear C, knowing you you could compete blindfolded with a straight jacket on BUT with only starters gear most of us mere mortals would bot compete from legends tees :)

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