@Squiliam: The trend is everywhere, newspapers are trending to be given away for free, you can watch TV for free (theoretically, but the commercial funded channels are free), even the website we're in is free. And the reason for it? The revenue is generated in other ways than selling the product itself. You can sell service, ads, some "extras" etc.
Besides, open source has a lot of people supporting it for free.
@NikkoM: The western companies, and the chinese ones heading for western markets, propably have a lot to do with it, since they can't afford "getting caught" using pirated software, even in China. Of course, the government has taken some actions against piracy, but at the "street level", piracy is still running rampant, i'd guess.
Ei Kiinasti.
Eikä Japanisti.
Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.
Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.
