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Originally Posted by Codex
There are a few "free" options out there which have been around for years but TrackIR is still here. Lame business model? No offense, but that comment really shows the lack of knowledge or appreciation of what it takes to make a niche product like TrackIR and still turn over a profit. You're either making things happen or you're watching things happen.
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Yeah, I agree Codex......Naturalpoint are doing Ok for themselves......but isn't part of the reason for this due to the erm.....borderline "obsessive" nature of some flight sim enthusiasts?
Its the only community I know of where people regularly buy more than one copy of a game to "support the cause", I know a lot of folk who got the blackshark download AND the hard copy.....this is probably unprecedented in any other market.
Point being, even if TrackIR5 only produces a very nominal improvement, flight sim folk will STILL buy it, if only to say they have the "latest and greatest" and to support the industry. Flight simmers probably spend more on their computers hardware than anyone out there, don't have hard proof of this but I am sure its the case. Natural point could release a "TrackIR5.5" tomorrow with the new exciting feature of saying "Greetings.....In the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed TrackIR is King. Your TrackIR is well. Your finances are not." when switched on..... And I have no doubt someone out there would buy it
