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Copying games, I think is a fraud. People go out and buy games honestly, however some people copy games just to make a bit a money, for one it is illegal and companies that spent all their time are being ripped off by people who would do anything to get money. This effects the future of gaming considerably, as people are copying games the developers are losing money, and if they have no money, no more games. Most people don't know of the rule of "Copyright".
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Lombardo wrote:
> The true question is:
> Who is robbing who?
> A DVD costs about less than £5, yet they charge some people up
> to £45 per game (unless they buy at SR or the Internet), back in
> the days, the newest games cost £30-35, still, I don't copy or
> use copied games due to their poor quality and that monkey in my head
> (conscience).
Final Fantasy X cost nearly £22 million to produce.
In 2000-2001 SquareSoft as a company lost £11.5 million.
Their first 6 months of the 2003-2004 year they ended up making £9 million operating profit, the first profits seen in a long time, despite them losing money on Final Fantasy XI online. The only thing keeping them afloat this year was Kingdom Hearts sales in the US and Final Fantasy X sales in Europe.
Even so, £9 million isn't enough for them to develop another game, hence the merger with Enix I suspect.
When you're talking about that kind of money, the risk you take in charging only £20 a game and hoping to shift double the quantity, thereby making more profit because you've saved on the bulk production side is enormous.
It's the kind of risk that SquareSoft might have taken if they hadn't lost huge sums of money on their full length film, Spirits Within.
It's the kind of risk that you just can't expect a small independant developer to take, considering they're risking their whole company if the game flops.
Get the developers out of the red and in the black with their banks first, and then we can expect to see the price of games drop.
> The true question is:
> Who is robbing who?
> A DVD costs about less than £5, yet they charge some people up
> to £45 per game (unless they buy at SR or the Internet), back in
> the days, the newest games cost £30-35, still, I don't copy or
> use copied games due to their poor quality and that monkey in my head
> (conscience).
Final Fantasy X cost nearly £22 million to produce.
In 2000-2001 SquareSoft as a company lost £11.5 million.
Their first 6 months of the 2003-2004 year they ended up making £9 million operating profit, the first profits seen in a long time, despite them losing money on Final Fantasy XI online. The only thing keeping them afloat this year was Kingdom Hearts sales in the US and Final Fantasy X sales in Europe.
Even so, £9 million isn't enough for them to develop another game, hence the merger with Enix I suspect.
When you're talking about that kind of money, the risk you take in charging only £20 a game and hoping to shift double the quantity, thereby making more profit because you've saved on the bulk production side is enormous.
It's the kind of risk that SquareSoft might have taken if they hadn't lost huge sums of money on their full length film, Spirits Within.
It's the kind of risk that you just can't expect a small independant developer to take, considering they're risking their whole company if the game flops.
Get the developers out of the red and in the black with their banks first, and then we can expect to see the price of games drop.
Bonafide wrote:
> Warrington? My bro goes to Warrington Uni
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Well... err... I live in St.Helens... not too far off Warrington...
> Warrington? My bro goes to Warrington Uni
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Well... err... I live in St.Helens... not too far off Warrington...
The true question is:
Who is robbing who?
A DVD costs about less than £5, yet they charge some people up to £45 per game (unless they buy at SR or the Internet), back in the days, the newest games cost £30-35, still, I don't copy or use copied games due to their poor quality and that monkey in my head (conscience).
Who is robbing who?
A DVD costs about less than £5, yet they charge some people up to £45 per game (unless they buy at SR or the Internet), back in the days, the newest games cost £30-35, still, I don't copy or use copied games due to their poor quality and that monkey in my head (conscience).
Warrington? My bro goes to Warrington Uni
FantasyMeister wrote:
28, NutGrove Road, Warrington in 1998.
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Think I know where that is.
Hmm.
28, NutGrove Road, Warrington in 1998.
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Think I know where that is.
Hmm.
I feel like Yuri Nating on your thick skull for actually bragging about copying games.
Well, I'm not surprised I mean, what did they seriously expect people to use CD Writers for? Cup holders?
Well, I'm not surprised I mean, what did they seriously expect people to use CD Writers for? Cup holders?
FantasyMeister wrote:
> 'Hitler', when in fact it was
> ancient latin, a direct translation, 'His-' meaning 'Bill' and '-ler'
> meaning 'Gate'.
And suddenly 'portam' and 'ler' are the same word.
The circle is complete.
> 'Hitler', when in fact it was
> ancient latin, a direct translation, 'His-' meaning 'Bill' and '-ler'
> meaning 'Gate'.
And suddenly 'portam' and 'ler' are the same word.
The circle is complete.
i dont sell the games i copy but i do copy games.
once my mate copied one from the library i thought it was quite funny
once my mate copied one from the library i thought it was quite funny
:D
I so believe you
I so believe you
Bonafide wrote:
> Argh! The foreseen apocalypse!!
Not really, we've had plenty of warning. The Bible in Revelations has always gone on about the Four Horsemen. Scholars have always interpreted them as angels, but of course the real explanation is that we're talking about Sega, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft.
Nostradamus always had hallucinations featuring 'Hisler', which of course was incorrectly believed to be 'Hitler', when in fact it was ancient latin, a direct translation, 'His-' meaning 'Bill' and '-ler' meaning 'Gate'.
> Argh! The foreseen apocalypse!!
Not really, we've had plenty of warning. The Bible in Revelations has always gone on about the Four Horsemen. Scholars have always interpreted them as angels, but of course the real explanation is that we're talking about Sega, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft.
Nostradamus always had hallucinations featuring 'Hisler', which of course was incorrectly believed to be 'Hitler', when in fact it was ancient latin, a direct translation, 'His-' meaning 'Bill' and '-ler' meaning 'Gate'.
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