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But I DO know it is a matter of money as far as the publisher is concerned
:)

Cheers,

Schumi

        No, not really.  Technically it is just fine to have a monopoly in the
U.S.  However, you cannot illegally gain a monopoly status nor can you try to
utilize your monopoly in one marketspace to gain leverage in another.  
Basically.

        And Bernie doesn't have a monopoly.  At all.  There are plenty of other
racing series.  No other is called F1, true, but he hardly controlls all of
racing.

                                        -Tim

You are extrapolating without any base David.  That number is much higher
then you probably think.

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-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.ymenard.com/
-- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

And nope, I'm not wrong about online racing numbers. Unfortunately, the
number of people who race online comapred to the number of games sold, and
the total population, is tiny. I've been racing online for about four years
now, and I often see the same people from one game to the next. FYI, there's
six billion people on the planet.

David G Fisher

Plus think about it:  G. Villeneuve, Lauda, Stewart, etc.

        He controlls the broadcasting of all racing?  I didn't know that.

                                        -Tim

Sounds like you *do* have a solid base. Care to share your numbers and
sources?

Jan

Your choice if words is so obvious.  "tiny" is far from the actual reality.
A couple of years ago perhaps, but 2000 was a gigantic boom for multiplayer
***.

LMAO!  Actually that's not true either.

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-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.racesimcentral.net/
-- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.ymenard.com/
-- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

<<I think the more pointiant issue regarding all theis leagal mumbo-jumbo is
how Bernie as a recognized monopoly (broadcastingly speaking) can conduct
business in the US which is a technically "monopoly free country by law".>>

Anybody who thinks the U.S. is "monopoly-free," with specific regard to
motor racing, has obviously not (yet) suffered an encounter with ISC's
phalanx of lawyers.  Theoretically, if you accept a press pass to cover a
NASCAR event, you can't file a race report without having it vetted by the
Daytona mafia.  As to monopolies, you can't, "broadcastingly speaking,"
originate any sort of NASCAR broadcast without the Frances' approval, not
just from the race track, but from anywhere, ever.  Just ask the producers
of the now-cancelled "NASCAR Today" show, which was on radio for abt. 20
years before they got their mammaries caught in ISC's legal wringer.

--Steve

What is that number and how does it compare to the total sales
numbers of the games that are played there?

Said by whom? How many units did N3 sell, and how many of the
customers not just tried the multiplayer aspects but are actually
using it?

I'm really curious, because you made it sound like you're "in the
know".

Jan

The N3 community is closely related to Papyrus, as opposed to this NG.

--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.ymenard.com/
-- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

What's the purpose of broad statements such as "quite high",
"more than you probably think" etc, if you don't have numbers
to back it up or if you are unwilling to disclose them, while at
the same time 'accusing' other people to "extrapolate without
any base"?

Jan