LOLserver:only 1 big tournament a year, one new full 18 hole course a year, expensive balls (no offers for buying balls in larger amounts), admitted using VEM for good or for bad, not finishing the Uneven Lies, etc, etc.
^^^ This needs revised....else the attraction of the game will slide further ^^^
i suppose the Golf Channel & Elk is all about raising the profile of this game BUT it offers player the hole in a donut.
if anyone wants to know just how interested most serious golfers are at playing a virtual golf game....next time anyone's down at their local golf club ask 20 club members what would they think of forking $5 for virtual balls or $30 for a driver and $35 for irons etc...
the huge majority of men and women at my club thought i was nuts....and i asked 50 or so until they displayed serious concerns for my sanity. one of them did play for 2 weeks but packed it in even though i'd sent him clubs and balls.
they actually thought i was winding them up when i told them virtual nikes were as expensive as real balls and i'd coughed up over $300 + on virtual clubs. i never told them how much i'd spent on balls in case they called the local asylum and got me sectioned.
this is the market wgt are targetting and it will not bring home the bacon....so they should be looking to protect the interest they already have from the loyal / regular members of this site instead of pi$$ing into the wind.
sometimes it's not a great idea to keep aiming at the sun when at best, you might land on the moon. go with what you already have and give it your best shot wgt. in essence....look after your bread and butter customers.
a test for WGT......save the money you spend on marketing and striking up hopeless partnerships and reduce the price of decent nikes to $3 for a month. i'm willing to bet you'll not only save the money on marketing but you'll benefit from an increase in the sales of decent nikes too. increase sales further by lowering prices down the tiers for decent balls as well.