If you dont have the money, then dont buy ler. Why have to stoop to being a petty thief. If you dont earn alot, then whose fault is that, the game company?
Gamers, Piracy & The Industry, Why most gamers dont buy original?
Gamers, Piracy & The Industry, Why most gamers dont buy original?
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Nov 4 2008, 09:57 AM
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If you dont have the money, then dont buy ler. Why have to stoop to being a petty thief. If you dont earn alot, then whose fault is that, the game company?
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Nov 4 2008, 10:37 AM
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QUOTE(TimKen @ Nov 4 2008, 10:33 AM) I would really appreciate it if the original games price is cut to half, Depends, i think game prices would hit the sweet spot if reduced by 20%, half would be too much since then cannot make profit or sustain a company. Also have to see volume of sales, if they sell very cheap but nobody wanna buy, go bankrupt also.i mean not only games but other software such as windows should have their price reduce, how can you ask a normal home user to buy a rm1000++ software What software you want 1K? Adobe photoshop isnt exactly for "home" use so too is dreamweaver. I find that adobe acrobat is rather expensive, but there are cheaper alternatives such as nitro pdf. Try buying autocad software, 1 license alone can buy u a motorcycle. |
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Nov 4 2008, 10:46 AM
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QUOTE(LeoLilieno @ Nov 4 2008, 10:42 AM) Buying pirated games has already become parts of Malaysian's life. Out of 10 who play game, how many will buy ori? Unless its big title and games where you think you will replay it many times, then its worth it to buy ori. If you think you are only going to try it out and see whether its good, its not worth it to spend hundreds in ori. Imagine that amount of money can feed you for 1 or 2 weeks. Theres an easy solution, if you cant afford it, dont buy it unless morality is just an annoying thing then ppl got no prob to buy pirated games and then some.I myself buy ori but only those title with good review and long replayability. Every now and then, i admit that I do buy pirates just to test the game OR that game is only good to play once (once finish, the urge to play will vanish). To combat this issues, i think distributor or whoever decides the pricing of the game should seriously look at how to price the game in order to reach out to more people. A singaporean with monthly salary of SGD2000 pay SGD50 for a game. Its not much to him. A malaysian with monthly salary of RM2000 pay MY150 for a game. Its almost 10% of his salary man. So, for that malaysian, will he consider ori? Most likely not. |
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Nov 4 2008, 10:50 AM
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I guess the best way to reduce piracy would be make all games as MMORPG or require an internet connection for content since the material would in control of the developer and they can minimize the incident of something pirating the full product.
But then again it would not be feasible since net penetration isnt very wide spread yet. Plus the hassle of logging on just 2 play a game may put ppl off. If your salary not enough, only way is to upgrade yourself and make yourself a better person. But then again generally food stuff in malaysia is very cheap compared to most other countries which are equalled to malaysia, philipines food stuff way more expensive but their gaji around malaysia standard. This post has been edited by crapp0: Nov 4 2008, 10:52 AM |
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Nov 4 2008, 01:01 PM
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QUOTE(ob8 @ Nov 4 2008, 12:30 PM) at my place. a copy of pirated dvd game cost rm13 or rm15. if a game got 2 dvds means it would b rm26 or rm30. Wow, you take the cake man. You can even cheat the guy who sell pirated by pirating it off from yer fren. Malaysia boleh anybody?Maybe you cant make it as a business selling 2nd hand games but if its personal transaction then should be no prob. This post has been edited by crapp0: Nov 4 2008, 01:04 PM |
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Nov 4 2008, 01:30 PM
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QUOTE(xJoeX @ Nov 4 2008, 01:15 PM) hahahaha, hell yeah, malaysia boleh. With malaysias habit of purchasing pirated goods. I dont know why malaysians havent gone all out to import pirated electronics, buy china cars (Most of them are pirated versions of other brands), clothes (Just goto pasar malam can oledi) and phones (I know one fella sell china phone in KL and singapore).I also wanted to buy original game like ob8 said, take them as decoration, but too exxpp T_T And yeah, I still dun get the point for why we cant support pirated version |
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Nov 4 2008, 02:40 PM
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I wouldnt really say price is the main contributor. Its ppls greed to get something for either close to nothing which is ruining the gaming industry.
Is it possible to not buy a game just becoz they cant afford eventhough there is a cheaper/illegal version out there? Ppl have to answer that question for themselves. Why cant ppl not buy a pirated game or is the temptation of having a game which they cannot afford is the driving force which make them get an illegal copy. If that is the case, then if i cant afford something, is stealing the answer to my problem? |
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Nov 4 2008, 02:49 PM
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QUOTE(frags @ Nov 4 2008, 02:43 PM) If i look at what i spent for TF2 and the play hours...thats RM 0.60 per hour...best value ever. Even if I pick something like the time i spent on Crysis i would get RM5.20 per hour. Again good value... Wow, you can actually value a game based on the pleasure it give you per hour? Like this sure you complain to bapak ayam that his girl no good value if you can calculate like that.Not everything is about the off the shelf price. Its about value. Want good value? Make good purchasing decisions. |
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