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setsunatenshi on 28 September 2017
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DonFerrari said:
setsunatenshi said:

@ bold: i never said that companies are to dumb, nor that those exact figures would be the correct ones for maximizing profits. I gave a clear example on a previous post of the same game being ALREADY sold upon release at different prices for different markets (Russian/Eastern europe price vs Western Europe). In some cases it's a 50% difference in price. So according to you, companies are too dumb to price their games the same in those markets as they do elsewhere.

 

1) there are plenty more who don't

2) BS, the bulk of pirates are in emerging markets (China, Brasil, etc). When I mention poorer countries, I don't mean dirt poor (as in not enough food to feed the family poor).

There may be some cases of 50% disparity in prices sure, even more when the launch isn't aligned. Yet you were the one claiming that you are sure that selling for 20 would have more profit than selling for 60. So if the companies aren't doing that they are dumb. Thus I still require you to show your evidence that proves that it would be better to sell for 20 and also that it would sell 10x more and that selling 10x more it would profit more considering all involved costs.

1) Still doesn't make the majority child, where is the statisc to prove your claim

2) Nope you are wrong. You could try and spin a relation between paying customer vs pirates on developed and underdeveloped to say that in percentage there are more pirates in Brazil than USA, but if you look at raw number USA have more pirates.

@ bold: stop putting words in my mouth, you've been corrected about more than once now, it's completely absurd. you're either doing it on purpose or you're lacking the understanding skills in english to know better.

 

it was a thought experiment, inductive reasoning if you will, which depends on certain assumptions being strong enough (lower price = increased number of sales). the proof this already happens is the price disparity that exists nowadays on the specific markets i provided as example. the main point was the following; there is a specific price that will maximize profits on a given market, and this price is different depending on the specific market being considered

 

1) There are several studies conducted over the years that tackle different aspects of this question, so let's put up a few:

http://www.dailytech.com/Nearly+Half+of+Americans+Pirate+Casually+But+Pirates+Purchase+More+Legal+Content/article29702.htm

Another one...

http://www.pcgamer.com/pc-piracy-survey-results-35-percent-of-pc-gamers-pirate/  

"This chart shows the percentage of people who pirate within each age range. As you might expect, younger respondents were the most likely to pirate, with that likelihood decreasing about five percent per age group between 16-20 and 51-60. More than 40 percent of teenagers said they currently pirate games, while less than 15 percent of 51-60 year olds said the same."  

2)

https://www.go-gulf.com/blog/online-piracy/

US is not even in the top 10. Now was there really a need for me to find these? I'm pretty sure 2 minutes on google would have gotten you the same results.

Your move now.

 

PS: I sure hope you've never watched online pr0n without paying you dirty pirate you :)