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786_ali on 14 April 2009
ocnkng said:
ya piracy works the best in India. You can't blame them really. A PS3 costs more then 3/4 months income for about 50% of the population. On top of that what really kills is the cost of software. Heck a single game can make you buy one month's food lol. Piracy is the only way to play games out there I am sure even Sony didn't mind with the PS2 coz at least they were selling some consoles.

same in Pakistan. You can get 360/Wii games for half a dollar, add to that the fact that the PS3 costs alot more than the others and you have some stiff competition.

 



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outlawauron on 14 April 2009
ocnkng said:
Max King of the Wild said:
is that 10usd profitable there? or do they figure they need to sell at low cost to get anything back

10 usd is a lot of money for India, only some rich kids will get to play. We used to get pirated games for 3 USD (Don't blame me I only used to earn $300/month). The company selling it at 10 USD will still make profit though. Remember cheap labor!!

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wfz on 14 April 2009

What the **** is wrong with the guy in the picture? His mouth....area......



ocnkng on 14 April 2009
outlawauron said:
ocnkng said:
Max King of the Wild said:
is that 10usd profitable there? or do they figure they need to sell at low cost to get anything back

10 usd is a lot of money for India, only some rich kids will get to play. We used to get pirated games for 3 USD (Don't blame me I only used to earn $300/month). The company selling it at 10 USD will still make profit though. Remember cheap labor!!

Cheapos.

lol hey poor kids in India/pakistan also need to play. Don't blame us/them. A console costs as much as motorcycle in our countries. And games well, as I already said I can buy month's supply of food and clothing for $100.

 



 

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ocnkng on 14 April 2009
wfz said:
What the **** is wrong with the guy in the picture? His mouth....area......

 

That is not a guy. Its an ape-god.



 

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City17 on 14 April 2009
ocnkng said:
wfz said:
What the **** is wrong with the guy in the picture? His mouth....area......

 

That is not a guy. Its an ape-god.
LMAO!  I thought it might be a little 3 o'clock shadow

 

 



786_ali on 14 April 2009
City17 said:
ocnkng said:
wfz said:
What the **** is wrong with the guy in the picture? His mouth....area......

 

That is not a guy. Its an ape-god.
LMAO!  I thought it might be a little 3 o'clock shadow

LOL!

 



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wfz on 14 April 2009
786_ali said:
City17 said:
ocnkng said:
wfz said:
What the **** is wrong with the guy in the picture? His mouth....area......

 

That is not a guy. Its an ape-god.
LMAO!  I thought it might be a little 3 o'clock shadow

LOL!

 

 

Rofl.......

 

Never heard of an ape-god before. What religion is it a part of?



Zlejedi on 14 April 2009
786_ali said:
ocnkng said:
ya piracy works the best in India. You can't blame them really. A PS3 costs more then 3/4 months income for about 50% of the population. On top of that what really kills is the cost of software. Heck a single game can make you buy one month's food lol. Piracy is the only way to play games out there I am sure even Sony didn't mind with the PS2 coz at least they were selling some consoles.

same in Pakistan. You can get 360/Wii games for half a dollar, add to that the fact that the PS3 costs alot more than the others and you have some stiff competition.

 

That's how Polish gaming market started if it weren't  for rampart ps1/ps2/xbox piracy most people wouldn't even start playing on consoles and now a lot of them grown up and are buying their ps3/x360 games.



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Fei-Hung on 14 April 2009

just to let you into a few facts why sony is optimistic:

1. the population of india is over 1.2billion
2. over 80% of the population is Hindu
3. hanuman is the hindu ape god and this game is based on him and hindu religiuos literature.
4. hindus pay up a lot of money when it comes to religion, whether its buying ornaments, statues and various other religious goods .
5. buying a pirated game based on their religion and god maybe seen as a sin. hence the number of sales being higher than predicted. i can imagine a lot of hindus importing this game for their children to.

clever move from sony, its a shame they dont have the same level of intelligence when it comes to marketing.