We're not trying to rip gamers off, says Megarom

[sycogrim]

There's a lot of negotiation that goes into distributors bringing the games into the country. The publisher obviously sets the price, but they must assess how the market will react to the prices and therefore try to keep things reasonable in order to make the games saleable.

Established relationships with importers/distributors such as Megarom also helps that along. Megarom takes on the risk of bringing the games in when they secure a shipment price. They must also assess if they will be able to sell enough at their price to break even and then make profit.

Retailers can be a bit of a different story though; some might keep game prices down as a marketing strategy. A signup on a shopping site is very valuable, and a smart way to get signups in a high income tech-savvy bracket is to entice gamers with good deals.

I think they should actually come on here and speak to us, that way we can have a proper debate and not some one way conversation based on what their output is etc... It's only fair that they actually listen to their consumers and what WE have to say as well as letting us give them a piece of our opinions.

I'm not saying I'm accusing them of unfair trading and all that, I'm giving them a way of swapping ideas for a better way of selling games to us as their consumers. If their exco are willing to do that I'm all for a good chat, obviously within moderation as they will be flamed I am pretty sure of that. However I'm sure that there are some intelligent folks here who can probably supply them with some pretty good ideas if they (Megarom) are willing to put in the time to chat with us.

[chan0o]

The problem is now that they have to defend themselves.

They should have kept the consumers happy while ripping them off. Not try to make consumers feel better afterwards.