Job Simulator Changes

NickFSVR

Incase others haven't noticed Job Simulator has decided to go back to Pay Per Month from having changed it to being a one time payment. Not only that but they've MASSIVELY hiked the price, suggest everyone should perhaps show their displeasure at Owlchemy Labs deciding to turn us into cash cows, especially when they're looking to release a new game in the near future.

Spectrum_Waylon

Just noticed this, that is crazy!

thenexusvr

We have yet to offer the game at The Nexus. We get a couple questions about it, but people don't seem to miss it with the wide offering of other awesome stuff we get through Springboard.

KeithJ

yea. we missed out on getting the 1 time when it was a part of the Cafe Starter pack, so we haven't offered it as of yet. Have only had a couple of people actually disappointed we didn't have it. But like mentioned, with the large selection, they didn't seem to terribly upset once they were done.

thenexusvr

KeithJ

Yea, between the Omni stations, Talon simulators, and Room Scale stations we have around 100 different games spanning practically every genre possible. If someone can't find what they will like, that's not on us! :joy:

thevrclub

Glad to see you're spreading the news Nick. This is massively disappointing. I'm lucky I got the one-time payment option while I could, but if I decide to expand my business with more stations I won't be adding Job Simulator or Vacation Simulator at that price.

thevrclub

I noticed Job Simulator popped up on SpringboardVR at 0.8c per minute. Sure glad I got the one-off license while I could.

NickFSVR

thevrclub

Same, I have to say that 8c and above is getting a bit too high for me to happily accept, I'm heavily considering replacing even Arizona Sunshine with the new Zombie Training Simulator for this reason soon. AZ is one I've dealt with as it is a great game that brings people back but just finding it's costing me too much to be happy with.

KeithJ

NickFSVR

I have to admit, i am surprised it is only 8c. We expected it to be much more with it being 70 a month reacquiring. Honestly, at 8c, it is only 4.80 an hr and we are getting upwards of 30-35 per hr except on groupon, Weekday specials and Memberships. So i am good with the 8c. really wish arizona sunshine would do 1time. My cost on that in Oct was almost 120.00. That's 30 a booth. still cheaper than what they want for the license. ;P

Matt-LedgeVR

Was there ever any response from the JobSimulator camp about the massive change in price?

thevrclub

It's a shame we haven't had any response from either Springboard or Owlchemy. A lack of honest and open communication about these matters just fosters resentment, when we need to be working together.

I could hike the price up quadruple at my arcade, but you can bet my customers wouldn't be happy and would expect an explanation at least.

Infiniteloopvr

Job simulator is our most played game. That price could hurt.

NickFSVR

This is the response I got from them a couple of days ago:

"Hi Nick,

Thanks for reaching out, and for your interest in offering our titles. To address your concern-- We’ve recently adjusted our monthly fixed commercial rate on Steam, and have also made Job Simulator available at a pay-per-minute (PPM) rate via SpringboardVR. We had hoped to sync these changes, but wrapping a few details pushed the launch of Job Simulator PPM pricing. Regardless, Job Simulator is now available for PPM licensing through SpringboardVR.

We hope these choices allow flexibility for operators wishing to offer Job Simulator as part of their VR arcade offerings. Let us know if you have any additional questions or concerns. Thanks, and happy jobbing!

Cheers,"

Not entirely satisfied with this, it doesn't really address the massive hike, reversal of perpetual licence or anything like that at all which I find extremely disappointing. If I didn't have the lifetime licences I would just remove it from the library to be honest.

thevrclub

NickFSVR

"Adjusted" the rate, haha. That's a nice way to put it. Yeah their reply doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know