Wii Cracked

I'd have to agree that movies represent a better stream of revenue in perpetuity than video games. Games do have a shorter shelf life. Is Halo 3 worth the sixty bucks or so its going to go for? P'raps, p'raps not. I certainly never regretted any of the mony I spent on my copy of Halo or Halo 2(se).

But theres worse games at the same price, despite them having less reason for costing that much. ESPN Football was one of the few cases where a publisher said to themselves, 'you know what, we can release this for a much more affordable price, and still deliver an innovative and enjoyable experience'. Of course, they had to compete with one of the 700-pound gorillas of the industry.

The bit about piracy killing the Dreamcast is probably suspect. I thought it was the PlayStation, though I have heard some Sony-related conspiracy theories.

the dreamcast died,because it didnt appeal to enough people,yes ther was piracy but nearly every console has dealt with and been popular enuf to survive.


if i can get cheap games sum where,and its safe ,i will do it.i love the game industry but wen it comes down to it i would prefer to pay £4.99 for a game,or free rather than £40-£50.

call me unethical,or a parasite.it comes down to money.

The problem is that you want something for nothing.

Ultimately if it costs companies money to make games then you will never get games for free. The money you pay goes directly to funding the next generation of games.

Everyone would like games free if they can get them. However most people would realise that they are doing something grossly illegal and unethical, and most people, if they enjoy a game would feel like maybe they want to support future development of games rather than take, take, take.

I can understand piracy in cases where you will never be able to obtain a game, for example if it was never released in your country or in your language, but otherwise it's the same as walking into a shop and stealing the game.

no it is not.

Ultimately is a very powerful word and it takes my arguement out of context.the bottom line is that i can get games for free until it hits crisis point i would continue to do so.other people still buy games,so the game industry can support itself and me and the people who use pirated games can live of ther "input".

just to let you know this is my hypathetical arguement,i paid thru the nose for an imported version of super smash bros(£70) and star wars(£70) on the GC,i also paid full price for my NTSC GC and all of my 20 odd games.full price for my wii,5games,DS,GBA 10 games,DS Lite 7games etc.

i dont see that big a problem if i can get games for free.i dont own any pirated games,but if they are accessible i will get them.

You know, as much as I want to agree with this, I don't think it's true.

I'm more moralistic than most people and don't agree with stealing or pirating. That said, pirating media is *not* the same as stealing a car because of the relational nature of the product.

If you steal a car, the dealer can't sell it.

If you copy a disc, the dealer can still sell the original. The only loss comes in where you would have bought an original if you couldn't buy the copy.

I can play copies because I want to play imports. But I only copy or download games when I wouldn't have bought them anyway.

That takes a lot of willpower, and it's willpower most don't have. If I ever do download a game and like it enough to buy it, then I'll buy it.

That said, it takes a lot of willpower (and cash)..

I concur, I download games sometimes because they're allready out in another region but not mine and i can't bloody wait. Afterwards, if it was a good game, i do buy the game...when it's down to budgetpricing or boxed as a anthology...