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I think it's fascinating how much money people are willing to pay for hardware compared to software. It's hard to convince people to pay anything for software,
by macrael 14y ago
I think it's fascinating how much money people are willing to pay for hardware compared to software. It's hard to convince people to pay anything for software, but these kickstarter projects are getting lots of people to pay hundreds of dollars for hardware.
- zackzackzack 14y agoCounter point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Fine_Adventure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Fine_Adventure
- jiggy2011 14y agoI think it's quite simple, hardware has a much higher marginal cost per unit and it's very difficult to "pirate" hardware.
- nandemo 14y ago> It's hard to convince people to pay anything for software, If that software is for "entertainment" (e.g. games, social networks, cool email clients), yes. But most companies and professionals will gladly pay for software that makes them money or, equivalently, saves them time.
- 001sky 14y agoit's fascinating how much money people are willing to pay for hardware -- Sometimes there are social resons for this. Tangibility. Evident complexity. Somthing to show off/talk about. You can sell art-work to hang on the wall for a much higher price than a digital file only, etc. (Software's intangibility and ease of replication in these cases are not per-se advantages.)