Fanatec know the PS4 licensing costs - because they pay them for their Elite wheelbase. As far as the F1 licensing - they could have just auctioned the DD1 wheelbase PS4 licensed. Instead, they are hiding the potential cost of the DD1 PS4 combination. Due to the F1 wheel, and the F1 license.
If Fanatec want to encourage users to buy DD2 wheelbases, they need to keep the value of the DD1 retained - avoid it going down in value. So sell it now at the price Thrustmaster might introduce the wheelbase at. That way when DD1 users upgrade to DD2, they'll not loose as much money. And brand loyalty will be retained.
As far as compatibility goes with the future PS5 - it would be easy to do that with a paid software upgrade. But we have to live with the potential for it not happening. However if the DD1 is priced low enough so that it will not depreciate when the competition arrives - then PS4 users will be able to sell their DD1 PS4 wheels to PC users (and Xbox users too) without loosing too much, and then get the PS5 wheelbase. The key is that the PS4 DD1 is not priced higher than it will be in two years or so. When the PS5 arrives.
Myself - I will never buy anything Logitech because of my G25 wheel being superseded for PS4. It may not have been Logitech's fault - but for me, its a matter of principle. Of course such wheels don't have the smarts of Fanatec products, which are software upgradeable. If Fanatec over price their DD1, they'll burn users when they lower its price or introduce a DD0 to broaden their market. Fanatec need to consider the future, not just the present opportunities. Hopefully they have done so - hence the DD2 option. We don't know yet what the DD1 price will be. It should be an attractive price, as that is where the volume is.
It was a bit cringy sure - but she made the boss look good. Clearly she had to do stuff in a sequence - and she's used to saying what she wants to say straight away - by coming straight to the point. But she couldn't there ... hence her unease. But her discomfort was actually quite appealing, and seems straightforward. Not a fixed job, or a real pro performance. I liked the whole thing. Her unease mean't to me, that there was more to come.
Just wished they costed the DD1 up front ... and had them available for sale right now. Imagine if December stretches into June 2019 ...
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