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From: joe@cbmvax.UUCP (Joe O'Hara - QA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: No more Cinemaware stuff for Amiga !!!????
Message-ID: <7539@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 4 Aug 89 12:56:42 GMT
References: <6712@warpdrive.UUCP> <1505@ndmath.UUCP> <43756@bbn.COM>
Reply-To: joe@cbmvax.UUCP (Joe O'Hara - QA)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <43756@bbn.COM> denbeste@BBN.COM (Steven Den Beste) writes:
>In article <1505@ndmath.UUCP> milo@ndmath.UUCP (Greg Corson) writes:
>>
>>I think a lot of manufacturers have to get with it, pricing wise, computer
>>prices have been coming down at a staggering rate, but game software costs
>>have actually gone up.
>
>Before I go on, let's take a common example of a case where this doesn't apply.
>Suppose you see a painting at an art show, and the price on it is $500 or
>$1000. It doesn't pass the "weight" test - you can buy a print for $10 that
>looks just as good. But the painting is one-of-a-kind, and as such the design
>time (the time spent by the artist) massively outweighs the manufacturing cost
>(in this case, the cost of paint and canvas, plus labor for the frame and
>suchlike). Since the manufacturing run is exactly 1, the design cost makes up
>virtually all of the selling price.

I think you may be surprised at the "manufacturing costs" of a painting. A good
friend of mine is a full-time artist whose technique involves "troweling" onto
the canvas. His paintings average about 6' x 4' and include about $300 in paint
alone. In addition, a gallery typically takes 50-60% of the retail price!
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