| jake_the_fake1 said: this is why we can't have nice things. Pirates try to fight the big companies, but because they fight, regular customers like you and I get slapped with DRM, higher prices and the removal of features. We as consumers should stand against pirates, it's time for them to all go to jail, after all because of them the rest of us suffer with DRM and such. |
What you're bringing up is a different issue. I agree completely that pirates do keep games prices higher (although the counter argument is that if games were about $50 on launch as opposed to $100 then there would be a reduced market for piracy) and that it does have a negative impact on the games industry with their share not going back to the games companies themselves, however 2 breaches of the law do not equate to immunity from prosecution. Furthermore, in cases such as MAME, companies need to start seeing things as an opportunity, not a threat when problems also present marketting opportunities. An I-tunes type marketting solution would for example, be the perfect solution to that problem. Again though in the case of the VC, prices should come down a fair bit again, to minimise piracy. The Megadrive games compilations for Xbox and the PS3 for example, are an exellect example of what I'm referring to, considering the number of games you get for under $40. In fact were it not for Sony pulling this, I was planning on picking up said compilation this month.
