alanti:Personally I do not think the sales of special equipment would fund this, especially as this would also require programmers time to develop these.
alanti: Bear in mind, players will presumably coming from around the globe. A flight from LHR to SFO will cost circa US600+, that is 75x 800cr avatars alone (minimum) just for one persons flight.
It may also be worth bearing in mind that of these that would buy this a significant percentage would be credit winners for whom the exchange rate is 165,00c to $250 gift card. Also sales of special equipment could impact elsewhere.
I do wonder how many of the credit spenders, including those who have responded above, would deposit money or watch ad's to get any of this. I'd like it to happen but wouldn't pay for it in this way.
alanti: But I love the idea of transparency - that is what the game needs.
I agree with this and think it is important and surely has value for WGT. A chance to showcase their game in this way, show doubters what scores can be achieved honestly and let us all see how "easy" it is to do it.
alanti: Like I said, I do like the thinking but unless WGT can see that it will profit from an event like this, it sadly will not happen.
Based purely on sales to cost I'd agree, cost to good publicity inside and outside those who now play may be different. The financial cost of this would surely be small viewed as an advertising campaign.
From memory, the last one was cancelled as they tried to and couldn't sell tickets for spectators (who would meet the players, get tips etc) to attend the event. There were no advance sales, but as ticket prices were high and anyone paying wouldn't at that stage know who was playing in it/exactly what they were getting perhaps this wasn't surprising.