Why is piracy widespread?

[ChichiriMuyo]

Shinlock said:

seece said:

That is sad, and you shouldn't have to pay so much for one game. however that doesn't give you the right to pirate games.

 

There is a problem in europe and it does extend to my country somewhat, where games are pretty over the top priced (new ps3 game is $130.. wth). Games are expensive to make however the pricing outside of the states is a little nuts at times. One classic example I remember when I was younger was when Super Street Fighter 2 came out for Sega mega drive, and the game cost $225, nearly as much as the console itself o_0 (other games were $80-90 at the time).

however the point that it doesn't give you the right to pirate is bang on correct, the issue is people that can't afford can't do without. its a really evil circle, where gamers staved of games just pirate them and it ends up staving the developer and they go bust. Although imo alot of developer going bust is the structure of publishers in the industry, ie having far too much control.

 

How?  If the person never had the money to spend, then the developer couldn't get any.  You cannot get blood from stone by squeezing it, and you can't get cash from a poor man by demanding it.  Either the dev starves or they don't, and piracy has no effect on that whatsoever.  If the starved gamer can't buy games, they can't buy games.  That's the reality of this subject.  People seem to think that these companies could magically make millions or even billions more if piracy didn't exist, but there is absolutely no money to make this happen.  If pirates had the money to spend, they wouldn't be pirates.