David Fisher's Left Testicle wrote:
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> "Niles Anders" > wrote in message
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>> David Fisher's Left Testicle wrote:
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>>> "Niles Anders" > wrote in message
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>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On May 26, 1:47 am, "jeffareid" > wrote:
>>>>>> While total membership was growing towards 9,000 players,
>>>>>> the number of active players hovered around 6,000 for over
>>>>>> 6 months, based on the posts I've read.
>>>>>
>>>>> Must have been a misunderstanding (or simply false information). They
>>>>> have posted active subscription numbers only twice: in March it was
>>>>> 8,000, in December 6,000. Six months before December they didn't even
>>>>> have close to 6,000 subscriptions total.
>>>>
>>>> I race in rFactor based leagues that are populated decently, that
>>>> have a number of iRacers in them. Those members comment that they
>>>> still race in their rFactor leagues because they know there is going
>>>> to be a good field to race against and that's not always true with
>>>> their iRacing. Also their long term established SIM racing friends
>>>> are there.
>>>>
>>>> It appears that their model struggles to deliver the ability to
>>>> retain members. I speculate that they will raise their prices to get
>>>> their members more heavily vested in their software so they are more
>>>> likely to stick with it because of their investment.
>>>>
>>>> I'm so comfortable with my rFactor leagues and our races are always
>>>> populated well and the drivers are so good I have little motivation
>>>> to return to it no matter how good it is.
>>>
>>> Will you go 'on the attack' against iRacing in the future?
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>> Yes
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> Regardless?

Regardless of what?