RE: FlyLooper & market potential

[Warren Sirota <wsirota@wsdesigns.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jeff larson [mailto:jeff.larson@sailpoint.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 12:05 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: RE: FlyLooper & market potential
> 
> 
> > From: Buzap Buzap
> > > The average guitar player gigs at home, where their PC lives.
> >
> > This is exactly the audience I have in mind!!
> > So, if you have a "out-of-the-box" package that comes with
> > plug&play USB foot controller and nice software (maybe add 
> > some free plugin effects?), all together for 80,- USD/EUR, 
> > hell, I would go out and buy one immediately, just out of curiosity.
> 
> Sure.  Does anyone here think you can make an interesting 
> profit on a hardware/software product selling for $80?.  This 
> is a footswitch we're talking about, something people stand 
> on and spill beer on.  Build quality will have to be higher 
> than your average M-Audio desktop controller like the Trigger Finger.
> 
I barely think that you can make an "interesting" profit on multimedia
software alone that sells for under $100. Tech support on multimedia issues
will eat you alive, at least if you're on the Windows platform.