Struth .. and stone the crows .. if that was your best impersonation of a true blue dinki-di Aussie accent, it is no wonder you got kicked out!
Price Increase. Are us "Downunder Trainzers' getting scr_wed? Hope not!!!
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Struth .. and stone the crows .. if that was your best impersonation of a true blue dinki-di Aussie accent, it is no wonder you got kicked out!
Tony_Hilliam
Trainz Plus - enjoy Trainz from just 20 cents a da
We're still dinky-di here (well, I'm a Kiwi but been here twice as long as NZ). No need to panic.
amigacooke
Well-known member
I suppose the last version I bought at retail was Mac Train 2, so I hadn't realised how much the price had risen over time since then. I suspect that I'm suffering from old person's disease as I'm still bristling that I'm charged more than a pound a pint in local hostelries.
amigacooke
Well-known member
The cure for that is to think like an 18 year old and don't look in the mirror.
That's the problem, I am thinking like an 18 year old when you could buy a round for a fiver and I was paid in cash.
What's a mirror?
:hehe: Touche'
We would call it a shout.
On a more serious note, I did pre order TMR17 because I like to support N3V, and could have bought several rounds/shouts for what I paid. Maybe I should have used some of those Antartican dollars of Mr Cascade. That would be cold cash.
Hi everybody.
The Trainz hobby brings large expenditure and ongoing costs above that of the software needed and that has to be taken into account when stating the outgoings required to maintain this hobby.
Bill
Ehhh, there is just the small matter of needing to own a gaming PC that will cost any Trainzer £1000+ (British Sterling) and need regularly updating before anyone can get anything out of this hobby. You certainly would get quite a few nights out at Dave & Busters for that amount of cash.
The Trainz hobby brings large expenditure and ongoing costs above that of the software needed and that has to be taken into account when stating the outgoings required to maintain this hobby.
Bill
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amigacooke
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But to complicate matters further, that only fully applies if the PC is only used for Trainz. I have other entertainment software that also benefits from expensive personal computers and their hardware.
nathanmallard
Well-known member
£1000! I don't think you need to spend that much! Put it this way, my computer cost £320 and runs TS12 fairly well (depends on the route). A high powered gaming computer can be had for £500-750 in the UK, not sure about elsewhere. $49 is a bit steep for a Trainz 'spin off' but it will be reduced eventually. Just buy it in a sale when it's only $29-39.
Hi everybody.
Amigacooke, what you state in your above posting is very true. However, much of the software that only a few years ago required a high end PC or laptop to run well now can easily be run on our tablets and increasingly smartphones. Those devices are carried with us at all times and therefore those applications can be used at anytime of the day we require them. Mobile devices can now cast wirelessly to any modern monitor or television for enhanced viewing if required
The foregoing is the reason that revenue from mobile gaming has exceeded that of PC and consul gaming for the first time in 2016. Of coarse for very high end gaming a PC or high end laptop is needed, but it is the versatility of mobile gaming that makes it so atractive to so many around the world along with the photographic, voice control and communication facilities offered by mobile.
Nathemallard, with every respect to your above posting, but if you can point me in the direction of a PC that will run Trainz on reasonable settings for £350 in the UK then let me know and I will be off to get one first thing in the morning.
Bill
Amigacooke, what you state in your above posting is very true. However, much of the software that only a few years ago required a high end PC or laptop to run well now can easily be run on our tablets and increasingly smartphones. Those devices are carried with us at all times and therefore those applications can be used at anytime of the day we require them. Mobile devices can now cast wirelessly to any modern monitor or television for enhanced viewing if required
The foregoing is the reason that revenue from mobile gaming has exceeded that of PC and consul gaming for the first time in 2016. Of coarse for very high end gaming a PC or high end laptop is needed, but it is the versatility of mobile gaming that makes it so atractive to so many around the world along with the photographic, voice control and communication facilities offered by mobile.
Nathemallard, with every respect to your above posting, but if you can point me in the direction of a PC that will run Trainz on reasonable settings for £350 in the UK then let me know and I will be off to get one first thing in the morning.
Bill
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