Party's Marketing Tema - Can they Keep the fish ?

[WSOPWinner2005]

Interested in opinions... There are PLENTY of ways to do it. But do you think they can, and more importantly - and this is the million dollar question.

Do you think party will be willing to cut their profit margins from say 70% to 40-45% to keep market share? Or do things start to equalize?

[pavement]

I played the Party NL $25 tables for the first time tonight. People were busting almost every other hand. I also wonder if they can keep enough new players interested to keep the site the fish-fest it is reputed to be.

Are the Party games as soft as they seem to be?

[SackUp]

I think the best thing Party and all of poker has going for it is that other industries are taking advantage of its growth. There are poker shows on every channel now. We have tournaments and now even sitcoms with Tilt.

Just wait till the Poker reality shows hit the stage and poker is really going to boom. poker is going to be a way of life. It will last till our society crumbles.

[Shoe]

are there any poker reality shows planned?

[AncientPC]

Yes, just read this thread. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[WSOPWinner2005]

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are there any poker reality shows planned?

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You guys really don't think advertisement of poker has reached it's peak? I have been through this in a different indistry - Trust me there WILL be a downfall shortly... I know you have heard "The Sky is Falling" before.

I am not that dramatic, but SERIOUS pro players expect a drop in income next year ( I would say 1/2 - 3/4 way through this year) unless the WSOP has a prize pool AT LEAST double what it did and a SERIOUS name brand like "Harrah's" for example backed party and promoted them.

Than you have another 2-3 years befor ethings level out and pan down. Anyone calling me an idiot, ask someone with a degree in economics what their thoughts are and FULLY explain the ndustry to them. If you can't many others here can... Going back to when there were onl 2 or 3 poker sites on the web.

[playersare]

if you want to leave now, we won't try and stop you.

I've been running a B2C retail site ("dot-com") since 1995 and I'm still here. the macro majority can say whatever it wants to sell advertising and newspapers, but conscious individuals control their own destiny.

[Shoe]

I agree, poker won't continue to grow at the same pace forever -- that will have to come to and end someday. However, this isn't like the internet bubble of the 1990's that is just going to pop and there won't be anyone playing anymore.

The reason for the boom is the huge number of players. Players that think they are good, and have what it takes to win the WSOP, and will now be playing for the rest of their lives. It's not like party poker is claiming to have 60,000 people online when they really only have 5,000 (i.e., like the internet companies that were way over-valued).

I think eventually the growth will slow down, but there will not be a decrease in players for a long time yet, and if there ever is a decrease, it will probably be to a number of players that is greater than the number of players today.

[Shoe]

That doesn't mean the average "fish" won't get smarter though, so even if the number of players remained constant, eventually the games will get tougher.

[octop]

Current fish may get a little smarter as will most of us
Not to mention all of the 14 year olds playing online in a year