I don't care about the context of piracy or owner's privileges with intellectual property. I just want to play the game without selling my kidneys on the black market. Games are too expensive just like everything else. Everyone wants too much money for everything. I'd sell you a booger for $25.00 if I could convince you to buy it, but it doesn't mean it is actually worth what I am charging. I would also brag about being a techninja if I could do this hacking stuff myself.
There are plenty of folks who are just dishonest about why they want the circumvention equipment and plenty who are honest about a desire to have some personal insurance on their stuff. Backups are insurance for those willing to pay for their product, but people with a desire to defraud will do it without regard for anyone else and say anything to continue it.
Pricing is one of the most intensely researched portions of marketing any item. The marketing and sales managers will always perform a break even analysis of their product and determine what they must earn per unit sold and set their price accordingly or MS decideds their price. Most are pretty good about reducing the price of their games over time. If you paid full price for your game, you have no business griping over the price. Caveat emptor seems not to mean too much to people anymore.
While I may gripe to myself about the cost of games and bemoan the loss of my kidney to afford my gaming addictions, I can't whine too much because I know I can buy the game used from a variety of outlets if I don't freak out about having it the instant it is released. Buy it used or take some time and check out a sale.
I make no comparisons to Ferraris or college textbooks or any other purchase. Those are another kind of thread altogether. Go have fun and pay what you think your game is worth, but don't gripe about it when you could have rented it first!
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I don't care about the context of piracy or owner's privileges with intellectual property. I just want to play the game without selling my kidneys on the black market. Games are too expensive just like everything else. Everyone wants too much money for everything. I'd sell you a booger for $25.00 if I could convince you to buy it, but it doesn't mean it is actually worth what I am charging. I would also brag about being a techninja if I could do this hacking stuff myself.
There are plenty of folks who are just dishonest about why they want the circumvention equipment and plenty who are honest about a desire to have some personal insurance on their stuff. Backups are insurance for those willing to pay for their product, but people with a desire to defraud will do it without regard for anyone else and say anything to continue it.
Pricing is one of the most intensely researched portions of marketing any item. The marketing and sales managers will always perform a break even
analysis of their product and determine what they must earn per unit sold and set their price accordingly or MS decideds their price. Most are pretty good about reducing the price of their games over time. If you paid full price for your game, you have no business griping over the price. Caveat emptor seems not to mean too much to people anymore.
While I may gripe to myself about the cost of games and bemoan the loss of my kidney to afford my gaming addictions, I can't whine too much because I know I can buy the game used from a variety of outlets if I don't freak out about having it the instant it is released. Buy it used or take some time and check out a sale.
I make no comparisons to Ferraris or college textbooks or any other purchase. Those are another kind of thread altogether. Go have fun and pay what you think your game is worth, but don't gripe about it when you could have rented it first!