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Wed, Apr 6 2016 10:40 PM (7 replies)
  • mathia14
    1,271 Posts
    Wed, Feb 3 2016 7:28 AM

    Will topgolf bring in there own programmers & cs people?

  • hpurey
    11,520 Posts
    Wed, Feb 3 2016 9:59 AM

    Hopefully  yellow range balls at least.   ;-)

     

  • PhiEaglesFan
    617 Posts
    Wed, Feb 3 2016 10:07 AM

    Just a guess, but I would doubt TopGolf has their own in-house developers.  Nowadays it is somewhat typical (and cheaper) for companies to contract that work out to a professional dev team rather than give six-figure salaries and benefits to full-time in-house developers.

    TopGolf could decide to ride out the current development contract and take their business to the lowest bidder, however.  That's when things could get a little dicey around here.

  • FRIENDofyourWIFE
    305 Posts
    Wed, Feb 3 2016 11:56 AM

       I do not think so, because the most logical reason why TopGolf buy WGT is to acquire technology developed by WGT and more important WGT  already have negotiated usage rights covering more than 20 Golf Courses.  If what I say is true all we see in the coming months is the advertisement of TopGolf on their premises offering a wonderful opportunity to play golf in the most famous golf courses in the world at a fraction of the actual cost.  Yes, WGT has the technology that allow us to play a FULL 18 holes round in 10 Golf courses, this can be done with SkyTrak simulator!  But it is not accessible to all people by their high cost, $2000 for the skytrak platform, $ 200 annual subscription fee and you need to have a full set of golf clubs,  one ipad and the space to accommodate the entire equip of the simulator...  I imagine that soon TopGolf will offer all this on their premises including food, drink and other things that they currently offer.

     

       I really don't see that we are going to get a big new thing in WGT for PC but for Topgolf in their in-venue offers to the public, this merger should be a game changing.  

     

     

     

    Liz

     

     

     

  • PaulTon
    10,731 Posts
    Wed, Feb 3 2016 12:16 PM

    FRIENDofyourWIFE:
       I do not think so, because the most logical reason why TopGolf buy WGT is to acquire technology developed by WGT and more important WGT  already have negotiated usage rights covering more than 20 Golf Courses.

    +1

  • mathia14
    1,271 Posts
    Wed, Feb 3 2016 4:44 PM

    PaulTon:

    FRIENDofyourWIFE:
       I do not think so, because the most logical reason why TopGolf buy WGT is to acquire technology developed by WGT and more important WGT  already have negotiated usage rights covering more than 20 Golf Courses.

    +1

    So it looks like we are still screwed, blued, & tattooed.  Bummer.

  • Golfschuh
    79 Posts
    Mon, Feb 15 2016 11:34 PM

    In the last four to five days this game has had a tonne of connection errors and unexpected errors, blue screens and what not every single game i play. It has to be said even way back when i joined this game, it wasn't this bad. Now i thought maybe it was just me personally,  but alot of people i play with, have been saying they have been experiencing very similar things....

  • SlicedPepper
    796 Posts
    Wed, Apr 6 2016 10:40 PM

    hpurey:

    Hopefully  yellow range balls at least.   ;-)

     

    I would love to see a practice range and putting green here. Every other golf game I've played had one. 

    And yellow range balls would be a nice touch.

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