MS Games on Demand prices upset World.

[NightDragon83]

ramses01 said:

NJ5 said:
It bears repeating... they need to price games LOWER than at retail stores, since you can't resell downloaded games (this effectively reduces their value, by the amount you get when trading in a used game).

Actually, a premium for the convenience of DD is justified from a cost benefit analysis.  Not going to the store easily saves me more than $10 worth of time.  Of course, to maximize their profit, parity or slight discount to MSP (not retail) is the way to go.

That argument is pretty weak, especially if you consider how companies like Ticketmaster rape their customers...

Oh hey, let's tack on a "convenience charge" for each ticket since the customer was too lazy to drive 2 hours to the venue's box office to buy their tickets in person.  How much should we charge though?  Hmmm... well, each ticket is $50 after taxes, sooooo.... lets charge an extra $20... YEAH, that makes sense!!!

Oh, and we also need to charge a "building facility" fee to, you know, to... uh... oh never mind it doesn't matter... more money for us!  We'll charge $10 for each ticket, yeah, that sounds fair.

Now how would you like to have these tickets delivered to you?  Overnight shipping?  Standard mail?  Printing them using your own ink and paper in the convenience of your own home?!?  Why sure.... that'll be $2.50 per ticket!!!

Now if you bought a pair of tickets whose combinded face value is $100... your final cost is $165!  Doesn't it feel great getting hosed?