Paying for Mods and Add-Ons Again?

[Anthony Parsons]

I voted new product. The idea may be the same, the coding will be sufficiently different as the infrastructure is nothing close to the same. The entire mod would need to be recoded to fit XF... not just 'ported' as some may think, meaning a few changes here and there to get it working on XF.

 

[vbresults]

The problem for the mod writers is they will have to re-write all their products from the ground up so they will be putting in significant time and effort to port them to XenForo.

As such, I can understand why they would want to recoup their costs by charging standard prices, even for those people who have already purchased them for other forum software.

I agree. Also, if add-on developers gave xF product licenses away, this would give the customer access to both the xF and previous-platform versions of the software; due to the electronic nature of the product, it's not possible to "give/take it back".

 

[jonsidneyb]

Full price.

 

[jadmperry]

Full price...both for the fact that it will take all that work to port it over, but also because if folks are not compensated what they are worth (i.e., what the market thinks is a fair price for their products or services), they will do a half-assed job.

 

[Floris]

They are different products, simple as that.
If you don't think the price is fair because you already paid, and theres' no discount from 1% to 100% for it for existing customers, and you think that's unfair: then don't spend the money.

 

[gnatster]

@Gnatster is drivethruonline thinking about of porting their mods to xenforo in the future?

I can't comment on that at this time besides to say it depends on the market desire.

 

[Lisa]

I'd expect to pay whatever price they charge for the product. It's like buying a game. If I buy it for the PC, I don't expect to get the PS3or 360 version for free.

 

[Edrondol]

Perfect analogy, Azhria. Well spoken.