The list price in Japan is closer to $100 than $39. This is my Japanese product (AI Igo version 15): http://www.ifour.co.jp/product/aiigo15/ and you can see it lists for 13,440 yen (about $110). The other strong programs have similar prices. His royalty is more than $1 per copy.
Since Go4++ hasn't participated in a competition recently, it's probably not #1. KCC Igo is the best, based on Gifu results. David > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Joshua Shriver > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 8:53 PM > To: computer-go > Subject: [computer-go] Go programming as a profession. > > > Was looking up engines when I came across the Go++ website. > Is it still the #1 engine in the world? Most of the titles on > the page seem to refer to the late 90's and early 2000's. > > Anyway, the one thing that shocked me the most was "Over > 400,000 copies sold in Japan!" At $39.95 that's just shy of > $16 million. Wow Even at $1 a copy that's almost 1/2 a > million dollars. > > Is this normal? > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
