Yes Matt. That was what I meant as I didn't know the price of XSI 1.0. Assuming if it was the price of the current Softimage, then those packaging and thick copies of printed docs would have constitute to a big portion of the cost price.
On 13 Apr, 2013, at 11:32 AM, "Matt Lind" <[email protected]> wrote: > printing wasn't a huge concern in those days as the software sold for nearly > $13,000 USD with about $200 going towards printing and manufacturing > materials. The extra materials acted as a way to help justify the high cost > of the software in the eyes of a pre-internet sales business climate. When > people spend more, they expect more in the box. > > The main issue was the web wasn't developed enough as a distribution medium > to handle full releases on a mass scale....although in the case of XSI v1.0 > the installer was only 30 MB (vs. 1.6 GB today). Most of the disc spaced was > consumed by help documentation and example content which were both much > larger. While help documentation was electronic from day one in HTML format, > web browsers weren't very good leading to graphics glitches, slow > performance, and limited search and navigation capabilities. It wasn't until > years later that web browsers improved enough to make replacing printed > materials practical. > > Printing costs weren't a strong factor until the software prices came down to > their present levels. Scheduling the manufacturing of printed materials was > probably a bigger issue as it required a lot of lead time sometimes pushing a > release out the door before it was ready to ensure it was delivered by the > announced release date. > > > Matt > > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Chia > [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 8:05 PM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Friday Flashback #115 > > I really wonder how much XSI 1.0 would have cost given that those prints > would have been very expensive in the past... > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 13 Apr, 2013, at 1:13 AM, "Stephen Blair" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Softimage Friday Flashback #115 >> http://wp.me/powV4-2FJ >> The XSI 1.0 box set
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