[Wondering if anyone caught the drama over at Matrix...]

Seems an interesting discussion.

One of the oddities is that someone believes a thee year old game should be cheap because it is three years old. I wonder what his feelings are about the boardgames Monopoly and Acquire which are probably more expensive than when launched. Is it possible that a very good game is pretty much always going to be a good game?

CMAK will always be a very good game so provided it can run on a current operating system should always remain a seller at a reasonable price. If AGEOD has been mispriced by box-shifters down then whoever owns the rights is at perfect liberty to suggest a different selling strategy. Buying from a games house and keeping them going is something most of us can identify with.

although I agree with your logic, there seems to be alot more at play here. The price of the game has actually increased after 3 years, and its not really justified other than the fact that the game has a new owner. Also, it seems after Matrix bought the rights to the game, all other copies sold elsewhere will be illegal. And all prices at AGEOD will be increased to match the new Matrix price hike, for this game.

This, and a mixture of other things over the past couple years, makes me wonder who is making these decisions and if they're actually qualified to do so.

All the above may be legit, but it will upset customers like me. Doesn't it seem Slitherine is just bleeding out the Matrix Games loyal customer base to the very last drop?

[Wondering if anyone caught the drama over at Matrix...]

Quite a bit of activity has gone on over at the Matrix Games forums and I'll go over it briefly for those who are out of the loop.

I'll try to recap:

Matrix and Slitherine swallowed-up AGEOD and now Matrix is selling Pride of Nations for a higher price than it was when it was first released!

This thread has all the specifics:

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3303077&mpage=2&key=

The rogo fellow has a few good points.

So my question is: Are the top-dogs over at Slitherine completely out of the loop? Have they lost touch with the industry? I'm assuming what rogo means by this is, that the elderly people running the show over there, and the yes-men under their wrath, have they lost touch with their customers? Too much gree?

I'm undecided on the subject and if I think their business model is based around greed or not. And don't get me wrong I've been a loooooong time Matrix fan, back when they started publishing the old SSI games.

My other question is for the headquarters here at Battlefront:

What are your opinions about the marketing decisions (or poor marketing decisions) Matrix and Slitherine are making over there? And what key aspects does Battlefront keep paramount? Do customers come first? How do you justify your prices? Is your business model focused around greed as (appears to be the case) over at Slitherine?

Thanks.

Larry