🚀 go-pugleaf

hahahaha!!


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>D'oh! Doesn't a DVD burner still cost like $350-$500, not to mention 
>time upgrading the  PC you need to run it?  Blank DVDs are like, what, 
>$4-5 each? Cable Internet is about $30 more a month than dial-up? 
>Modding you PS2 costs what - let's say $40 plus half a day.
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>I have at least 19 PS2 games, and I've had my machine for 22 months.
>6@$50, (includes 2 T-Shirts)
>4@$30,
>6@$20,
>and 3 for Christmas, for a total of $540.
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>So your way, I'd spend
>$350 [Drive] + (7x$4)[Blank DVD Discs] + (12x$1)[Blank CDs] + 
>($40?)[Modchip] + (4x$5.15/hr+$3)[Modchip install + misc. supplies] + 
>(22x$30)[Faster Internet] =
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>350+28+12+40+20.60+3+660 = $1,113.60.
>Nobody would get me any games for Christmas if they knew I could just 
>burn them.  They might get me some blank DVDs, though.
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>Oh, I forgot.
>Tack on $30 to the piracy side for 2 T-shirts.
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>The plus side of this, is that if I wanted a lot more games, I could 
>break even eventually.  Even if they were all DVD games, you could 
>conceivably break even somewhere around 40-50 games.
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>The down side would be that the developers wouldn't make a red cent, and 
>  would cause them to either a) raise their price for everyone else or 
>b) develop in a more profitable arena.  Also, this scenario would cut 
>down on my time at the mall, interacting with cute humans.
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>I'll pass.  I should be playing Dead or Alive right now.  (Actually, I 
>should be playing Tekken 4, but it won't be here until Monday. :P)
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>Chris
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