EU Commission Says Piracy Increases Legitimate Game Sales

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Aeolus451 said:

Leadified said:

The price isn't jacked up because it's adjusted to your cost of living and income. They can afford to charge a lower price in a place like Mexico because of instead of one person being able to afford your game, now you could have five or six people being able to afford it.

We're talking about a hobby that is a bonafide luxury. If you can't afford the games or hardware, you don't get to play them. It's fair when everyone has to pay the same (excluding a country's taxes) prices. Forcing others to pay more for a luxury so people with less money can afford it is just asinine and frankly it's the socialist thing to do. If someone wants to play video games, they can make more money to pay for it. 

So trying to maximize profit is a socialist thing to do? Lol, ok then this might be one of the most absurd things I've read so far. Do you honestly think that companies like Valve, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony do this for the charity of those poor people?