Do you think China will be the fourth market soon?

[johnsobas]

mrstickball said:

kingofwale said:
>If video game companies are making $0 from there, why not offer games at $5-10 prices,


so.... if Piracy can lead to ridiculous price drop.. What stopping first world country to pirate even more? Heck, you, the company is giving people the incentive to do so.

Using that logic, then, JP and US gamers should be pirating even more since European and Austrailia gamers pay incredibly higher prices for their games already.

The whole argument is that the Chinese market is huge...Could you imagine what would happen if.....Resistance: Fall of Man sold an extra 3,000,000 copies, even at $10 each? I mean, many games are at $19.99 and $29.99 for platinum priced games...$10 isn't very far from that.

 

It's not gonna happen.  Your argument doesn't apply to DVD sales, it only applies to movie theatres.  It's the same here in Korea, movie theatre tickets sell but DVDs do not.  DVD prices are way cheaper than in America, but people still don't buy it because the pirated versions are cheaper and widely available.  People go to movie theatres because it's a place to go with their girlfriend or friends, it's a social experience.  I'm not sure how you can apply this to video game sales, even if the games are $10 people in China are gonna buy the pirated versions if they are cheaper.