SUBSCRIPTION is TOO EXPENSIVE// other suggestions

Hi i'm not here to just moan or say i am cheap, but does anyone else think the subscription prices are way too expensive?

I mean, i love this game and you get what you pay for but to be paying £5.49 a month is just a joke. 
After all, even though this game is quite detailed, there is only so much you can do until it's all prepared and ready for the race. 
I only really need to spend 10 minutes per race day to get things right, without messing around on forums, looking into statisics and playing around with designs etc. I pay less than that for some important bills in my life, i shouldn't be paying it for a game.

Subscription prices
Realistically, if i were the manager of iGP manager, i would have it priced at £2.50 per month/ £6.99 for 3 months/£13.00 per 6 months/£20.00 per 12 months - 12 months at such a bargain price because you can't put a price on active and committed players!

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This is a great game..why don't you shout it from the rooftops?!!

The only reason i found out about this game is from my brother. And i would like more managers to be in this game.
I think there are a few too many leagues with not enough players, and not enough active members. If you were to reduced the subscription cost you would have more active managers (problem solved) The more managers, the more word of mouth advertisement there would be. In effect, bringing in even more potential subscribers and creating a higher chance to make more money than you would if subscription costs are high. It's a circle effect..makes sense right?

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Then you could go even bigger and start advertising the game. Google adverts etc. to the final big step advert of a commercial TV advert with the F1 racing (targting the games primary auience and gaining thousands, if not millions of player)
- but you would need a bigger dev team and  more orgainised league structure. A final step when the game is at it's best.

Real life brand sponsorship (in-game)
I would also reccommend to look into the possibility of getting actual sponsors from real brands.
Some brands, especially the smaller brands/companies, would be willing to pay iGP for in-game advertisement.
Therefore, being able to provide the players with a better service, fund the game development and pay the dev team good wages.
Furthermore, it would be a highly recommended to offer long contacts to these real life sponsors (in-game) as i believe that if this game is priced, advertised and marketed to it's full potential, that it could earn the rights of full game development - to be released on PC/ XBOX 360/ PS3 for online download. Possibily disk purchase if there was more detail introcuded to the game.
Person:"F1 manager has been done before". My reply: "not with the potential this game has!"

Conclusion of suggestions/ My YouTube Channel
In conclusion, i am not the manager or anyone of the design team but i am just as important. Just like all the people who play this game.
Hopefully others will agree and it would be great if this were to get read by someone. Someone who has a important role to play in the develpoment of this game and bring us not only one of the best F1 manager games, but to bring it to us all for cheaper, to be enjoyed to it's full enjoyement.

I hope you agree or can discuss these topics and am grateful for my suggestions towards this game.
Also, if the subscription charges fall near my realistic price, i will even make a free game commerial and review on this game for my YouTube Gaming Channel "KodieCollings360" - "it's nothing special but word soon gets around"!


-please comment if you think it could be cheaper and at what "realistic" price.

Ive just subbed today.. for a taste.. I knew what I was getting but... honestly.. £5.49 wasnt worth it! I wont be subbing again for that price.

£2.50 on the other hand.. yes i would.

Adverts are a great source of income to run these type of sites

I agree that the subscription rate is high, but only because the value added for subscribing is still somewhat low. Your money buys you the ability to "design" your car livery, have more options when hosting leagues, and - the reason why I subscribed, personally - the unlimited 2D racing.

If more value was added - i.e., the ability to run more than one two-car team or at least run additional "junior teams" within the same league structure a la the real life race teams, as well as maybe making wind tunnels, testing rigs, KERS, or other options subscriber-only - then the cost would not seem so prohibitive, IMO. The "free play" teams could be considered the "privateer" type teams while the subscribers would have the advantages of the top-level "factory" teams.

I fully understand the costs of operating your own company and development expenses for building the product (I have both operated my own company and have worked for a game company in the past), so I think it's unrealistic to move your price point, but if you offered more perks for subscription it might entice more people to step up with their money.

Thanks for replying and for all of the infomation.

I just wish i could make my own active league, 1 race per day. I'm not really bothered about the 2D, i prefer the tention of times.
Honestly, if this had more depth, i would happily pay a one off fee of say £25 for the download and then a small sub fee each month.

About the advertising, i meant like on the car sponsors like in real life (Not on the website itself)

Once again, thanks for the reply and keep developing...Great game.
As for taxation..i will see what i can do =D

Regarding the car sponsors, take a look at iRacing ;) - I know it's not what you're getting at, but it's definitely a start to great advertism.

http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/iracing-brasil-partners-with-igp-manager

You're slow. I do it in 4 minutes.

Good stuff

Hey..i'm new  =)

Have you considered doing a "life time" option Jack, or is it simply not possible? I'd much rather pay a hefty one off fee (say $100 or whatever) over small installments. I mean I have no intentions to stop playing any time soon so I'll probably be 2D forever.

Sub Prices are fine, Jack has a family to feed.

These discussions are very interesting and even when pretty negative can be quite constructive.

There was a great deal of discussion about prices before launch, and what we have is the best option, which was agreed by most of the beta players (i think).
The devs can never please everyone but Jack has quite clearly stated why it is the way it is, and I agreee with him. I was actually one of the few who thought that he was selling it too cheap!

You are helping the developement potential of a game that hasn't even scratched the surface yet - just think what you will be able to tell your grandchildren!! :)

Personally I would not mind a few adverts on the site if it helped make the game better/ lower subscription costs. However I think your prices now are fair seeing as you need to make some money out of this.

Is this thread serious? I can't think of any other online game that's this cheap per month.

I had the subscription before but haven't renewed it because I can't use 2d on my android. It was awesome to have but I found myself missing a lot of races due to not being at home and I can't use it on my computer at work. Really hoping for a mobile version of 2d at some point! :D

I too agree that the cost of the game is pretty good, I have seen online games especially on iPad which are way more expensive!! Also, you have the option of paying a year up front, this means it doesn't actally cost £5.49 a month...I'm new to the game and really enjoying it, keep up the good work...:-)

The current model is flawed imo

If you are in a league that race daily, you pay around (5.49/30) 18 pence per race. If you are in a league that race twice per week, suddenly you are paying 45 pence per race. A better option is to have 2D passes per race for people who don't need the premium feature, for example: 2.49 for 10 2D races pass.

i kind liked the suggestion.  Charging for races or seasons instead of months. 

Of course igp can have both.  More options is not a bad thing. 

I think updating subscription rates are something that is being considered but at the moment they have to fit in with the constraints of the system.
I like those ideas Victor - and this has been highlighted previously.