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Jav400 · 03-04-2003, 06:28 AM

Miles,

Thanks for the comments, and welcome to our forum.

feldon34 · 03-04-2003, 08:10 AM

The Plus XP thing was frustrating. The total cost of the full Aquarium if you started by buying Plus XP worked out to $62. Nobody except Microsoft (they didn't tell SereneScreen or anyone else, even their OEMs, that it would be so much until a few weeks before release) intended for it to be so expensive.

Franklin J. Flocks · 03-19-2003, 01:06 AM

Do purchasers of the the retail boxed version of 1.0
get any kind of a price break on the new version 2.0, in as much
as people who downloaded 1.0 are getting 2.0 for free for
the next 90 days?

feldon34 · 03-19-2003, 01:30 AM

This is being decided at this time. I don't think it will be the full price, but I just can't get confirmation one way or another.

Jim Sachs · 03-19-2003, 10:23 AM

It has not been decided yet. I have always favored free upgrades, and will continue to do so. But there are two serious factors here.

1. We can afford to reward the on-line purchasers, because we net about $18 for each copy sold online, compared to about $2 for each copy sold in stores.

2. My own work on upgrading the actual program has always been free, and I don't plan on changing this policy in the near future (Creature Paks will be extra). But the Prolific artists and programmers deserve to be paid for their contributions also, so I can see their point in charging for upgrades.

03-04-2003, 06:28 AM	#21
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	Miles, Thanks for the comments, and welcome to our forum. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

03-04-2003, 08:10 AM	#22
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	The Plus XP thing was frustrating. The total cost of the full Aquarium if you started by buying Plus XP worked out to $62. Nobody except Microsoft (they didn't tell SereneScreen or anyone else, even their OEMs, that it would be so much until a few weeks before release) intended for it to be so expensive. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

03-19-2003, 01:30 AM	#24
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	This is being decided at this time. I don't think it will be the full price, but I just can't get confirmation one way or another. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

03-19-2003, 10:23 AM	#25
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,774	It has not been decided yet. I have always favored free upgrades, and will continue to do so. But there are two serious factors here. 1. We can afford to reward the on-line purchasers, because we net about $18 for each copy sold online, compared to about $2 for each copy sold in stores. 2. My own work on upgrading the actual program has always been free, and I don't plan on changing this policy in the near future (Creature Paks will be extra). But the Prolific artists and programmers deserve to be paid for their contributions also, so I can see their point in charging for upgrades. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

03-19-2003, 01:06 AM	#23
Franklin J. Flocks Registered Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Palo Alto, California Posts: 19	Do purchasers of the the retail boxed version of 1.0 get any kind of a price break on the new version 2.0, in as much as people who downloaded 1.0 are getting 2.0 for free for the next 90 days?