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• Joeyola 1,210 Posts

  Sat, Apr 23 2011 8:14 PM

  jasondement:

  ...BB said if its making you money and not costing me any without losing what we already had, then good.

  A tall order, that's for sure.  If golf simulation is profitable, I see less incentive to renew licenses/contracts with existing HD venues and even less motivation to invest in expensive HD development.  And since we really don't know which direction WGT is going, all we can do is control what we can from our end.  As I see it, if we want HD, we need to support that format...if not, don't be surprised if it goes away...including the Majors. 

  In the end its only a game...but I sure like those pictures.

  Joey

• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Sun, Apr 24 2011 4:22 AM

  Good work Pugs!

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• hackerchris 27 Posts

  Sun, Apr 24 2011 4:31 AM

  omfg this is the best one yet ty i needed a ggod laugh

• SPINO1 5,394 Posts

  Sun, Apr 24 2011 5:13 AM

  you can get one for $90,000 on here lol

• EK4X4 21 Posts

  Sun, Apr 24 2011 8:10 AM

  I might as well put my own 2 cents in. I played Links for 13 yrs, which is where the Cabo course came from(2K3). I am a bit spoiled for the great graphics of WGT and the few full stroke courses they have. Links had a course designer built in to it and  some guys got very good at it and wound up doing P2P courses(pay to play). But with that P2P, it was on your hard drive permanently and you could play it anytime you wished. I still have Links and still play it every so often when i get bored by the same courses on WGT. Nice change of pace. If WGT wants to partner with TruGolf and offer these courses, it should be for a 1 time fee and you should be able to play them anytime you want. Granted, the graphics might be what some of you call cartoonish, but the physics of the game is the same or somewhat close. And variety is the spice of life.So if they can do a 1 time fee, I might be willing to do something like that if they added some of the better designs. I realize that the economy is sluggish and some folks dont have a lot of excess money to spend, but a 1 time of say, 4 dollars, to have a course, like Pebble Beach, Augusta or some other major courses, all the time, might be worth it. But that is just my opinion.

• swannyxx 303 Posts

  Sun, Apr 24 2011 8:41 AM

  TheFigster:

  One positive aspect of the 1.00 fee.. peeps are less likely to quit..

  And another aspect peeps are less likely to play........:)

   

• eligolfer 87 Posts

  Sun, Apr 24 2011 9:02 AM

  I have played the TrueGolf course now (CTTH but so what..) and I'd say that it's nothing special about it at all. In my opinion the "normal" courses looks about as realistic if not more.

• nickuk 967 Posts

  Sun, Apr 24 2011 9:11 AM

  EK4X4:

  I realize that the economy is sluggish and some folks dont have a lot of excess money to spend, but a 1 time of say, 4 dollars, to have a course, like Pebble Beach, Augusta or some other major courses, all the time, might be worth it. But that is just my opinion.

  not that these courses will ever be here, if they were i would prefer the  HD version...the reason i play the game!

  keep the rendering for the likes of  chocolay downs!!

  
  

• cjfelton 79 Posts

  Sun, Apr 24 2011 9:54 AM

  Hi Chad,

  Thanks for taking the time to address the concerns of your customers, and in an honest and straight forward way.  You have a fantastic product, and have created many ways to enjoy a realistic online golf experience.  Some of the ideas work, and some don't, but most successful businesses I have ever been involved with have more failures than successes along the way.  Please keep listening, make the changes you are able to, and keep up the good work.

  To my fellow players who have expressed so many concerns:

  While I personally will not choose to pay to play on a per round basis, it is a personal choice for all of us.  If you don't want to pony up a buck for 9 holes, don't do it.  It is not as if TruGolf courses are coming at the expense of future HD courses.  If this development had not taken place this week, in all likelihood the majority of us would be singing the praises of WGT in the coming weeks as the two new HD courses were introduced.  Now that is not good enough?

  On the business side of the equation, many of you complain about how much you spend on clubs, balls, entry fees, etc., yet a ball that sells for $3 a sleeve is introduced and we can't buy them fast enough.  New clubs come out and we gobble them up in hopes of finding the next improvement in our games.  From what I can tell, new members are continuously signing up for the site, and they inevitably end up spending money on equipment and tourneys.  It also appears that most of the vocal detractors are still here spending money, despite so many saying with every perceived and real glitch that they are done here.  Given all that, and keeping in mind that WGT is indeed organized as a for-profit organization, if you owned and ran WGT why would you do anything much differently?  I know I am going to get shot at by those who say they don't listen and they don't get it, but it appears the business continues to expand its customer base and revenue streams.  If this were your company you would have to like your prospects for success.

  As much as we would all like this to be the perfect virtual golf experience, it will never be that.  Yes, the meter issue must be resolved by all means, but other than that one major obstacle this a  fantastic game that offers many options for enjoyment for players from the casual to the diehard, with enhancements coming on a regular basis.  Some work, some don't, but for those of us who were here a couple of years ago or before, we can appreciate that the WGT of today is light years beyond what is was then.  I for one will continue to spend money and support this game because I get way more than my investment back from the competition with myself and all of you.

• pegman1961 9 Posts

  Sun, Apr 24 2011 10:01 AM

  typical of wgt to fudge a perfect game the wgt server sucks christmas nuts sideways

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