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here in Australia an average DS game (now i saying something that ends with a "Z") will sell for about $50, maybe $40 pre-owned.
Its ridiculous, piracy is so big now because,
A) after 10+ years the video game prices here have not changed, NES games retailed sold for $80+ back in the day, now the console games sell often for more $90-100.
B) this is the consumers way of controlling the market. We finally have a choice in how much we are willing to spend on games (in a way). Instead of saving up for 1 game 1/3 months, i can now play any game i want, and decide as a consumer want i think deserves my money.
C) The internet and flashcarts (R4) are so huge now most of the people that use them tell there friends how easy it is, then they tell their friends. It begins to snowball.
Basically you can relate this shift in control to the music industry, remember what happened with apple. They caught on to how the consumer was thinking and created and online pay for each song system. Still not many people follow that system much but it was an attempt at gaining a new market. There are other avenues now for musicians so i not too fazed.
Basically i support piracy with the idea that we are finally sending a pretty loud message to the video game industry, they are making much more money now, and the consumer wants cheaper prices. If they (companies) don't like it well then we will find other methods of "acquiring" said game. I still follow a general rule, if the game is truly worth buying i will spend the $100 on it, But its a rare occasion now (buying brawl and bought Orange box).
Unless the video game industry (i'm looking at N in this comment) don't drop their prices and make content available worldwide within the same month, piracy is going to start taking more and more money away from them. Sadly though they are not the only ones hurting. I really feel for the dev's on this one. Its hard enough making a game, but when no one supports it because they are fighting with N over prices and refuse to pay full price for a game. The devs end up copping it at a heavy scale.
I totally support what Steam has done with their online system, with MUCH cheaper prices and worldwide availability. I really think N should pick up their game with that wiiware and start dropping prices and reaching a worldwide market quicker, otherwise 3rd parties aren't going to want to touch their systems if N won't protect them against piracy.
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Long story short, imagine if Zack and Wiki had been dev'd by a new company and it was their first project, say goodbye to that company.
Nintendo, support your 3rd parties with STRONGER piracy prevention (what they are doing against R4 is a start...i guess). But most importantly listen to the consumer.
WE WANT GAMES CHEAPER.
WE WANT GAMES QUICKER.
WE WANT ONLINE CONTENT.
the fact that they have begun hitting piracy at alot of angles now suggests they are wising up to how the consumers system works. But instead of reasoning with it, they are fighting it.
HULK ANGRY.
DOWNLOAD EVERY GAME YOUR WANT, JUST SUPPORT THE ONES THAT ARE TRULY WORTH. If everyone followed this method things would be done sooner. Its just a shame things like R4 are profiteering of it.
