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twesterm on 22 October 2009
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scottie said:
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index - Your money is worth a lot more than 99% of the world's population.

2) Yes, but if there is an unexpected windfall sometime later then you should buy 1 more game than you were planning to, regardless of wether you pirate or not. (and don't say that there may not be a 3rd game you want, I am only talking about people who can't afford anywhere near the number of games they want)

3) Course it's not a necessity, and I believe it's alright because it doesn't hurt anyone, as long as you still buy as many games as you can
  1. You didn't answer my question, you just linked to something else I didn't ask about.  Again, assuming we're both from the same country, city, neighborhood, why do you get to pay $60 for two games and I get to pay $120 for the same two games?
  2. So what if I dont' get a sudden amount of money and I can't buy that extra game?  Should I just buy one less game the next month?  If that's the case, why can't you just get one less game instead of pirating one and buying one?
  3. You missed my #3 edit-- I have a bad habit of ninja-editing things.
  4. And you are absolutely wrong in that it does hurt people.  Like I said, if you pirate a game you obviously want it for some reason.  Every other person has to get the demo (which shows the developer people at least want to try the game), rent it (which gives money to the people licensing the game) or buy it (which gives money to the people developing it).  Why are you so special that you get it for free?  If everyone lied to themselves and just said well I wasn't going to buy it anyways or I'm not actually stealing anything then there would not be a games industry.  Even if you pirate one and buy one, if everyone had that attitude the industry could not sustain itself.

As for Johann, it sucks that they're that expensive but in that case then you just don't buy until it's a price you can afford.  If enough people don't buy then the price will come down.  I don't know why they're so much more expensive where you come from and I absolutely agree that it sucks, but markup isn't a reason to steal.