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PAAR...@WHEEL.watstar.uwaterloo.ca (P Armstrong) writes:
>>        You know, I wonder....since CD's are so cheap, do you think
>>        that we will be seeing cheaper release prices?  Probably not.
>>        The market will price itself into a slump if it keeps the prices
>>        up like it does.  I mean, $39 for a game of moderate complexity
>>        is fine.  But I wonder if the new generation of Origin games are
>>        going to be chock full of FMV and hasbeen actors, and on top of
>>        that $60-70 a piece.  I certainly think that some might be worth
>>        it, but I don't forsee EVERY game to be of that pricerange....some
>>        aren't that big...but then again...if someone buys it, the pricing
>>        doesn't change.  Consumers drive the market.  I will probably 
>>        wait for the cheap bins, like I did with the last couple of Ultimas.
>>        There aren't enough of us cheapskates to drive the prices down
>>        that much :) Besides, I am more interested in getting the new OS/2

>Exactly!!  I, as an individual who actually PAYS for software instead of 
>just pirating it, had been hoping that through CDs there would be less
>copying going on and (hopefully) the software companies would be willing
>to charge lower prices.  Whether or not this will happen I don't know...

	Well, following the piracy debate for years now, this was the major
point that companies used: "We sell our games at such expence because people
pirate our games so we will have to make up the money somehow".  So HOW can
one pirate a CD-ROM?  And even if they could dump all data on their HD, would
you not need the CD to run the game anyway (for protetion... something about
the way the game parts are interconnected when on CD).
	And on the console level, why are cartridges so expensive, when there
is almost NIL piracy?  Which goes all to say that someone has been fibbing.
No I do not think piracy is worth it, no matter what you use to justify it:
taking someone's sweat and effort and giving nothing in return is a moral
crime.  But some people should wake up and stop using this excuse for
pricing thier products so much.  I just cannot see why CDROM games should cost
that much.
	By the way - I am excluding the "initially expensive" policy: that
will always happen to cash in on the demand for those who can't wait.

						- Falcon