But it is perfectly possible to save up to buy a game, it isn't like you don't have a choice. You have a choice, and that means that can can buy a game which means it IS actually hurting game sales which defeats the whole idea of a victimless crime.


If you have the ability to save up for a PSP then you are perfectly able to buy a PSP game.

Well let me reply to your question "You would never purchase a game at $200 correct?"
Let me see, if by some miracle I was able to purchase a system that is 4x the price then of course I am able to afford the game, all it takes is a little patience.

No it isn't.  Because you could afford something doesn't mean you WOULD buy something.

Once again, you stated yourself you would not buy a PS3 or a PS3 game at 200 dollars.

Are you now backtracking from this statement?  If PS3 games did cost 200 dollars you would still buy your PS3?

The issue isn't that you can't afford the game.  It's that the game isn't worth the price you would pay.  I could pay 500 dollars for someone to shine my shoes.

I'm not going to do that because it's not worth the money.

If MP3's started costing 100 dollars a piece, piracy would drastically go up, no?  Why?  Because an unreasonable price is being charged for a product.

People who pirate are rejecting what they see as an unreasonable cost.

No you are taking it out of context, I said I wouldn't purchase a $200 game - because games aren't $200, that is over 3x the cost for me.

Now when I replied to your post I implied I could buy it because I could afford the system by saving.

A PSP goes normally for about 800 bucks here and that's a good deal compared. I got mine for 750$ the bundle.

How long did it take you to save up for it?

No.... it's called a hypothetical. 

Let me restate the basic premise.

Say at the time of lauch, up until current.  PS3 games cost $200 a piece.  Or hell, to drive the point home more... $400 a piece.

Would you have purchased your PS3?

If all PS3 games are sold at $400 dollars a piece?

As in, the price everbody pays.  Not just you.

You COULD save up 400 dollars for each game... but is any game worth 400 dollars to you?

Kasz is right. If you can afford something, it doesn't mean that you will buy it. It's about how much it's worth to you. For example I would like to buy this shirt that I like but it costs 300 bucks. Do you think that I would seriously save up 300 bucks to buy the shirt, if I could get it for free otherwise?

The "if i could get it for free otherwise" part isn't even relevent.

Even if it wasn't free you wouldn't save up $300 bucks to buy a shirt.

Which is the point Wolf keeps painfully, painfully missing.

For MOST people who pirate.  They don't value videogames to be worth the price charged.  They could save up... hell plenty wouldn't even have to save up... but the price just isn't worth the product.

Piracy "boosts" the value of a PS3.  Just as games being 60 dollars instead of 400 boosts the value of a PS3.

I borrowed some money from my grandpa and never gave it back. I can buy these things because I also get paid a around 1000$ a month with is A LOT here for some people. I work as a receptionist in my grandpa's hotel. That does not mean that I will buy psp games because it's also not about if I can afford them but I feel that I'm paying too much for something that is not worth it (moneywise). I hope I made myself udnerstandable.

I just added that there as a possibility but I know that you would still not buy it. I understand what you mean.

EDIT: But now that I mention that, no one seems to have a problem with pirated, or fake clothing. Well, that's besides the point.