"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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>>> 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?
>>>
>>> Yes
>>
>> Regardless?
>
> Regardless of what?

Never mind.