Need Advice: Buy TGC on sale now (9 months in advance)?

[sleepEZ]

Hello,

I was hoping to use the expertise on this forum to help make my decision! I am located in Canada where I am currently building a home with a dedicated simulator room. The house will be done in approximately 8 months....I noticed that TGC was on sale for the price below off the Skytrak website:

Special Dual Package Offer:

• TGC One Time Purchase: ($1,345) $1,085
• TGC 2019 One Time Purchase: ($1,345) $1,210

Total Price: ($2,415) Package Price: $1,345

Would you guys recommend me purchasing this now and holding it for around 8 months? Or would you guys just wait and buy it once I have everything set up.

I honestly don't know if this is a great deal or if this is something that comes around often. I appreciate your help in advance! Thanks.

[3on3putt]

I don't know about in Canada but the price doesn't seem to really fluctuate here in the U.S. It's currently listed at $895 for the lifetime purchase of TGC2019 and it's been at that same price probably since the game came out. The package price for both is $995 and again I don't think that's changed.

I don't see much reason to buy the original TGC. Save yourself some money and just get the 2019 version.

Probably not much reason to buy it now as I doubt it will be any more expensive in the future. If anything, it would be more likely to decrease than increase.

If you have a suitable computer you can buy the steam version now (the version that you can just play on the computer with a mouse or controller). I was able to buy it recently for $8. That will let you get a feel for the game and you can design courses and what not to keep you occupied until you can start actually playing the sim version.

[petroche]

If its of any interest to you, I bought The Golf Club 2019 PC game today (Thursday) for $10.06 Canadian. It's worth it even if you just want to look at the courses or to try your hand at designing a few holes. I have the original simulator version of The Golf Game, I never purchased the 2019 version. If I didn't already have the original version I would only buy the 2019 version, not the combo.

[intrinsic]

The PC game can be picked up on Steam if you want to buy it. I wouldn't recommend shelling out $900 bucks for something you won't use for 9 months. What IF they announced sim play for TGC2k21 in 9 months? You'll be kicking yourself.

Oh and I was watching the TGC2019 for Skytrak pricing for over a year. It's remained at this sale price the entire time. Will it go up? Maybe. But with COVID-19 around, why risk losing potential customers. I suspect pricing for the software (which is more of a commodity since there's no hard goods being sold nor much development money being poured in) that you'll be fine.

[sirish19]

I would not recommend getting the package. I ended up buying the package for both TGC and TGC2019 and I have not opened TGC once. As for getting it now on sale and having it sit for 8 months, as others have said, I wouldn't do that. If you had a net and someplace to set up in a backyard or something like that to play in the meantime, I would do that, but if you won't be using it at all, I would wait. Also, if you are interested in designing courses or anything in the meantime, I would recommend getting the steam version. I have both and use the Steam version for designing and playing on the game to explore courses, etc. and use the ST version just for sim play.