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    Almost all the games I own I ripped and bought lateron because it was just that good. I have a very select taste in gaming so I don't spend 450 gigs worth of downloads each month to download any and all games....

    If I see something interesting and I have some bandwidth to waste I'll download it and play it. If it's good enough I'll buy it.

    Only pirated game I own at the moment is The Day of the Tentacle. Brilliant game, unfortunately can't find the original because it's as old as I am almost
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    If they only started from the beginning in making it possible in downloading a game through torrents (for the speed) and you paid say R50 to R100 a game, then I think they would have sold more... Make it easy and cheaper for us and you will sell more games.

    Lets take "The Orange box" = R400
    only 20k people bought it (for arguments sake)
    That is R8mil from sales.

    If it was R100 then 80k people must buy the game to get the same amount. But I think more would have bought it, if it was R100.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AcidRaZor View Post
    Almost all the games I own I ripped and bought lateron because it was just that good. I have a very select taste in gaming so I don't spend 450 gigs worth of downloads each month to download any and all games....

    If I see something interesting and I have some bandwidth to waste I'll download it and play it. If it's good enough I'll buy it.

    Only pirated game I own at the moment is The Day of the Tentacle. Brilliant game, unfortunately can't find the original because it's as old as I am almost
    you got a point but think about it... it's becoming more expensive to buy games than it is when you buy car parts lol...

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    Well i couldn't wait for silent hill homecoming so i got a pirated version but ive got an original on order..So i don't think that makes me a pirate. I think in the not to distant future(its already happening) even the people that can easily afford to spend R900 on a game would still rather pay R100 or whatever.

    The reality of this is that gaming companies are going to suffer more and more if they don't reduce the pricing on games. They should wake up and realise that the global markets are in a bad state and that if they don't adapt they'll die out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Joker View Post
    Well i couldn't wait for silent hill homecoming so i got a pirated version but ive got an original on order..So i don't think that makes me a pirate. I think in the not to distant future(its already happening) even the people that can easily afford to spend R900 on a game would still rather pay R100 or whatever.

    The reality of this is that gaming companies are going to suffer more and more if they don't reduce the pricing on games. They should wake up and realise that the global markets are in a bad state and that if they don't adapt they'll die out.
    Except for the Wii

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    Quote Originally Posted by darkwater View Post
    except for the wii
    rofl

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    Quote Originally Posted by DarkWater View Post
    Except for the Wii
    Ja but with the Wii you gotta buy the additional pieces if you want the full package so ur looking at paying around the same price for the games instead its going into the spare parts...

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    Quote Originally Posted by sycogrim View Post
    Ja but with the Wii you gotta buy the additional pieces if you want the full package so ur looking at paying around the same price for the games instead its going into the spare parts...
    Yeah true...didn't think about that..but then again I don't care about the wii
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    hahahaha... and i just got a PS3 so time to try crack it lol...

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    Quote Originally Posted by sycogrim View Post
    hahahaha... and i just got a PS3 so time to try crack it lol...
    Have they realesed a crack or some sort of update so you can play copies?
    Just asking out of curiosity
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