For starters, I do buy ori games just to support the dev. Coz they really put in good effort to publish the games. I own the NWN1 and NWN2 ori series coz I felt they were really worth it. As well as the BG series.

However, I usually dload some of these games to "try out" 1st before buying. Like CnC3, I "tried" it out 1st b4 buying it coz I really didn't like Red Alert2. And playing demos aren't just enough. Thinking of buying COD5 now that I've played the 1st part.

As other forumer mentioned, the prices are still too steep. Unlike the European countries, the make avg 2000€ a month and the games coz 20-40€ while for us, we make RM2000 a month and games costs RM100-200. Which would be worse if you are a student. I rmb when NWN1 was launched (I was a student then), it took three months of saving before I can get it.

Also, the availability is very limited. As some forumer mentioned, that you can get ori games relatively easily in KL. Have you tried JB? It's not as easy as you think. And not all games are available. For example, I wanted to get the NWN2 expansion Mask of the Betrayer, I tried several shops and even the online ones, they are all out of stock. In the end I got it from Singapore.

Hence I feel that there is much to be improve to have Malaysian citizens support ori stuff. Also forking out RM800 for MS Office which will be outdated in a years' time??!! NO WAY!! Unless MS slash prices to about RM50 or provide free updating of say MS Office 2007 all the way to MS Office 2010, I might consider.

All in all I have mixed feeling regarding this matter. Developers need the support, but we need to eat as well....