Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Nicholas Ferguson" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: GDCE Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:08:32 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 38 Message-ID: <9jotrg$kck1@www.netyaroze-europe.com> References: <9jjume$a2d1@www.netyaroze-europe.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip02.tronji.adsl.uk.xo.com X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 I know, I think it's pretty disgusting that it costs so much. Especially so considering it's the first one in Europe - you'd think they'd be trying to encourage as many people as possible to come. I think if they had set the price at £100 - £150 they would have struck a much better balance between putting off the fanboys and letting less established developers attend. Perhaps they are losing a lot of money even at £350 a head, in which case perhaps they should try a cheaper venue? I can't believe many places cost more than £75 a head per day if you're talking about 500+ people... I can't imagine there are many people going who aren't being funded by their company. I would pay up to £200 of my own dosh to go, but at £320 (even with the early-bird registration and my IGDA membership discount) it is way too much for 2 days! :( I plan to write a letter of complaint about it, which I'm sure will be roundly ignored. See you at the Nintendo Show and ECTS. What's happening with Sony's show, BTW? Nick "Rikki Prince" wrote in message news:9jjume$a2d1@www.netyaroze-europe.com... > Anyone going to GDCE? I've had a bunch of e-mails about it and a snail > mail flyer about it, but only now do I realise that it's £350!! How am > I supposed to afford that? You'd think they'd encourage young > developers, but no... Even the XGDC (it's in Santa Clara though) is > $100, and they claim to try to keep it as cheap as possible... > > Grrr, > Rikki > >