Depends man.

No company would sell with loss forever. But they can enter a market taking a loss to then profit. Or they can do like Unilever that made "single use" containers to sell in Africa. That made their sales uproar. Or in other cases they will make their margin a lot smaller (also sometimes their costs will also decrease).

If price of things weren't in context to the local market then you wouldn't even need to look at the power of the currency the price of anything would be about the same in any single country.

That's not what the article says:

“For games, the estimated effect of illegal online transactions on sales is positive – implying that illegal consumption leads to increased legal consumption. This positive effect of illegal downloads and streams on the sales of games may be explained by the industry being successful in converting illegal users to paying users. Tactics used by the industry include, for example, offering gameplay with extra bonuses or extra levels if consumers pay.”

It doesn't say gamers are a benevolent species, the reducing of software piracy is credit to the industry. This is not telling the tale of the poor chap, who would like to pay for his games so dearly, if it wasn't for his poor mother lying sickly in bed needing her expensive medicine, but of the kind of costumer, who just needs the right incentive. There is also the subliminal message, telling us it wasn't always so, revealing the issues with this "study". It is very limited, limited to region. EU stands for European Union. A very narrow time span. Which platforms does are included? It doesn't has an alternative to compare to, over a longer period of time, with and without illegal copi... o wait... there is sth...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=393317

Some people should stop acting like video games are a human right and a basic need. Games are less costly in "poorer countries". Even in "not poorer countries" (Germany <-> UK). And generally gaming has become very inexpensive when compared to a decade ago. Stop acting as if games cost 60$/€ forever and legitimise illegal copying.

Of course they work like that.But sometimes its not just crystal clear.Sometimes companies do what Leadified said.As long as the operation is profitable and they see a potential of expanding the market for its products and brand(and this is very important, since if the quantity doesnt justify earning less per unit, they obviously wont do that) they will do that.They wont just leave the money on the table.

Or if the company is worried that the price drop would damage the brand(because it would stop being seen as a luxury and tha could impact the product image) they usually "create" or buy other companies to create products for these poorer countries, which would basically be the same(with maybe a bit less quality) but with the price being much lower(or higher, depending on where you want to sell), and thus would create a new market for that said company(or Group, in this case) to sell their products and rack in more cash.One such example is Ambev.

The problem with this line of thinking is that no business wants to be just well.It wants to be the best it can be.Its a bussiness, it wants to maximize profits.Like I said in the first post, it doesnt care about your personal feeling on the topic and if you are paying more.As long as the games are priced just right, enough that you feel that the price is justified, they will charge as high as they can get.If you really have a problem with that, vote with your wallet.And the regular customers wouldnt be pissed because most of them have zero idea of whats happening outside their country, especially with regards to price of things of luxury such as videogames.And specially in wealthy countries.And FYI, this has been done since the dawn of times.Merchants always charged more on regions were people could pay more.If the practice has been going on for so long, its because it works.

And you clearly dont understand how socialism and capitalism work.

i didn't say that you were a socialist but rather that your idea is one. it woudn't work because thieves steal because they take what they want for free. Only way to curb piracy in gaming is to create alot stronger protections into the games like if someone tried to copy it, it would permantly corrupt the game data on the disc or upload virus onto the hardware that is illegally trying to copy it. I'm just giving those as examples btw. 

Who said games are human rights? This is a solution to turn lost profit into profit.

I see some people here have no sympathy at all for people in poorer countries who can't afford to pay such expensive fees for video games.

No, the irony here is what you are suggesting is far more socialistic than what I said. You're trying to force the market to accept a fixed price overriding all other market forces on the basis of equality. DRM solutions can only do so much, they can become too intrusive and will always be cracked. So you need to find a fine line that won't upset the people who bought games legally. 

Well, these are the same people who couldn't give a rats arse about VA's, so I guess it makes eprfect sense for them to not give a care for poorer countries as well.

Countries have different tax rates and companies don't decrease the base price whatsoever to offset the high taxes/fees of some countries compared to others. Why would they decrease their prices for the reasons that you're talking about if they won't even do it for taxes? It's because it affects their profits if they sell below a certain price point at a certain period of time.  

Poor countries are poor. They don't have money to dick around with these kind of luxuries and companies know it. If a person in those countries can afford a luxury, they'll pay the regular price for it. If they can't then oh well. It's that simple.

I'll keep what I want to say to myself.