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cleveland124 on 02 October 2008
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Va1entinoZ said:
The piracy does boost sales, at least where I live. When it was PS2 against Xbox, PS2 was much more popular because of the cheap software. Now, it's vise versa. PS3 is hardly sellin' because piretes just don't mess with it. Piracy is a bad thing but imo it makes the console sell better.

 

 PS2 was no doubt popular because of cheap software.  The catch is games easily hit the million mark of SOLD games on the PS2.  It wasn't due to piracy.  Piracy is not competition for game developers.  Piraters often say that games are too expensive and they would buy them if they were cheaper.  But almost all games hit the $19.99 or $29.99.  Do you have to be patient, absolutely they don't drop after being on the market for three days.  The second thing is piraters say is that these games are good anyway.  So thus the double oxymoron of the pirater. 

1.  Games aren't cheap.  Unfortunately you can't compete with $0.  There are several games I have an interest in that I'll wait until they are 19.99-29.99 to buy.  Sometimes it takes a couple of years with the Nintendo brand.  But you simply can't compete with free.  The analysis into setting a price is an analysis performed on how much money you will get from people that buy the game.  As piracy increases, the number of people that buy the game drop, thus creating an increase in the price of games for those that actually do purchase games. 

2.  These games aren't good.  Why do you want to play them then?  Everyone likes to quote the $60 price point, but wait until the game is at a price point that it's not as risky to try out.  Will you get it day one, no you won't but you can get any game cheap as long as you are willing to wait for the right deal.

LOL... let me share some history with your before your foot disappears too far down your throat. Without piracy, Blizzard wouldn’t be here today because no one would have ever played warcraft. Period. That’s a fact.

Fact?  Not quite.  Show me some real statistics to prove your point.  I would wager a guess that most people still do not know how to pirate games.  I knew about 15 people in college that had a PS2 (supposedly the most pirated system ever).  And only two had pirated games. 

Except for the fact that demos dont always exist and are usually not representative and yes 95% of games are complete garbage.

Today with the internet I don't think you need a demo to find out what a game is all about.  You have a multitude of review sites that explain how games play.  I usually read at least 10 reviews for games that I'm on the fence about.  I'll also watch a handful of youtube videos until I feel comfortable.  It's not 100% foolproof but I'm happy with over 90% of the games I have purchased this generation.  As a consumer you have to take some risk.