Why are authors charging EXTRA for Deep versions?

[LJC]

You see a (standard) version for $49 and then you are offered a Deep ver for $99. Single CPU computers are just about fazed out. Most people have a dual/Quad setup so why are they charging more? I say it comes down to greed. I know this subject was hammered before but now it's even more of a pertinent question.

[Tony Thomas]

Have you ever considered the possibility that implementing SMP is rather hard? They spend years optimizing it as well. Using your logic 93 octane gasoline should be the same price as 89.

[Dann Corbit]

You see a (standard) version for $49 and then you are offered a Deep ver for $99. Single CPU computers are just about fazed out. Most people have a dual/Quad setup so why are they charging more? I say it comes down to greed. I know this subject was hammered before but now it's even more of a pertinent question.

They are just charging what the market will bear. If they could sell the single CPU version for $99, they would do that also. If they could sell the deep version for $500 they would do that. And so would I if I were in their shoes.

The reprisal to prices you don't like is to avoid buying it. If everyone does that then the price comes down.

There are always free alternatives like Glaurung that will play like a champ for nothing. But if you want that last little edge in analysis, then you' re going to have to pay for it.

I have seen software of similar complexity to a chess program sell for around one million dollars. So I would say we're getting off pretty light.

[AGove]

Why are authors charging EXTRA for Deep versions?

Because buyers are prepared to PAY the extra. Oh yes we are!

It's called market economics or extortion depending on your politics.

[mclane]

zapchess costed 49 EURO. 64bit and MP version.
+ free update to zansibar.

zappa mexico (beated rybka) costs 60 EURO. 64bit and MP version.

CM11000 also costs 49 EURO. with 64bit and MP version.

imo 99 euro is too much.

but of course its only my opinion.

[Kaj Soderberg]

zapchess costed 49 EURO. 64bit and MP version.
+ free update to zansibar.

zappa mexico (beated rybka) costs 60 EURO. 64bit and MP version.

CM11000 also costs 49 EURO. with 64bit and MP version.

imo 99 euro is too much.

but of course its only my opinion.

Yeah, and a real catch is Deep Sjeng 2.7 for just 25 European bucks.

I'll go for CM11000 myself as next buy, already got DS.

[Spock]

Also Naum 2.2 was good value too as I recall, and supports up to 4CPU, maybe more

[Tony Thomas]

Also Naum 2.2 was good value too as I recall, and supports up to 4CPU, maybe more

And me and you paid less than 20 bucks.

[S.Taylor]

I used to be interested to buy a program for up to $300 if available to me, if it were far stronger than anything else on the market. (and believe me, I have/had hardly any money at all).
I hardly bought any programs for a few years now, and now I can easily get what would have more than satisfied me then, for much less.

What? most deep versions don't support quads?

Still, I certainly agree that twice the cost is much too much money to ask, and I would gladly wait 2 minutes to see the same move that on a regular version would get after only two minutes, having paid $49 instead of $99.
So _I_ would not pay that much extra at all. it's daft. I might as well wait a little longer for the same result, but with sigle-pro version.
I'm not in it to pretend it's me playing on an internet chess server, and to move in real time, and have the greatest edge possible.
Sure I lik to save time during analysis, but it would have to be x10 the speed (or atleast much much quicker on even a single proccessor) to get me to pay $99.

[LJC]

Have you ever considered the possibility that implementing SMP is rather hard?

Developing a program from scratch is hard , SMP is a feature that is standard for today's multi-core CPU's. Just like the standard was for single CPU's in it's day. Again, why the extra boost in price. Just a reason to raise the price. Why would people buy a single version when mutli-core is becoming the standard. What happens when multi-core becomes even more prevalent. Are we still going to sell a single core version, bullcrappy, it's greed!


They spend years optimizing it as well. years, c,mon


Using your logic 93 octane gasoline should be the same price as 89.

it doesn't make an car engine go twice as fast.