[quote:df635]It dosen't inflate that much in ten years, you assclown! It would go down at the same rate! It's like gasoline, goes up with supply, not with inflation.[/quote:df635]

Go to college. Seriously. You have ZERO clue of what you are talking about.

You cannot draw me a clear and concise relation between piracy and the RIDICULOUS rise in PC costs. That is ludicrous. By YOUR logic, that 20 dollar game (which would cost you 27 dollars NOW), has tacked on 23 dollars worth of what? Anti-piracy measures? Certainly the advancement on technology warrants SOME increase in cost, but as new technology becomes easier to use and cheaper to produce, the cost falls on software using the same technology.

So where has that increase in average PC game come from? I laugh at anyone who can justify increasing the costs of goods based on a POTENTIAL SALES MODEL of units lost from buyers who more than likely WOULDN'T purchase the game in the first place. Out of ALL the games I have pirated, there is maybe TWO or even THREE that I would actually have gone out of my way to purchase. Two are 50 dollar games that are largely multiplayer oriented thereby being low on single-player content (graphics, story, etc.), and high on fluff.

The state of this industry is a joke, and suckers eat it up willingly. The point of this thread is to show that despite the bullshit tactics used by companies to justify the cost of software, the house that PONG built isn't an ANY kind of trouble whatsoever. In FACT it looks like the industry spent MORE this year, which means it has confidence in its products and the way it's set up.

And pest, I never said PIRACY was a justifiable practice. Like I said, nitpick for something to bitch about....cmon.....dont pay attention to Mrs. Pest in her nighty - you've got more important things to do.[/i]