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th...@aloha.cc.columbia.edu (Tom  Hong) writes:
>In article <38pc87$m...@hermes.oc.com>,
>James F. Taylor Jr. <tay...@wizard.etsu.edu> wrote:
>>	You know, I wonder....since CD's are so cheap, do you think
>>	that we will be seeing cheaper release prices?  Probably not.
>>	The market will price itself into a slump if it keeps the prices
>>	up like it does.  I mean, $39 for a game of moderate complexity

>	Actually...  I don't know if CDs are cheap.  I just read some glossy
>computer rag (PC Computing) and it had a survey of writable CD ROM drives.
>now I was surprised when it said that a blank CD on average costs $20!  Yikes.
>	Of course, PC Computing always has a tendency to exaggerate, so I
>think we could lop $10 off per if it's in bulk...  But it's still kinda
>expensive for one disc.
>TRH Sends

	Well, based on that logic, then can you tell me how much 10 floppy HD
disks cost these days for you, which is around the normal number of disks
shipped with Origin's games these days?
	I would honestly prefer the one single CD rather than 10 floppies which
you don't have to sit there swapping every so many minutes.  And besides, with
10 floppies you get around 14-18 Mb of data; with one CD you get around 600...
that's a HUGE improvement.
	So what would you prefer?  600Mb that you can fill with things that
could never make it on the floppies? (though its a shame that 90% of companies
out there do NOT do that) or 10 mil. floppies?
	:-)

						- Falcon